Ergonomics - adds the author - is the applied part of work physiology.
The textbook has a theoretical and practical focus and consists of 14 chapters, including a historical reference and theoretical toolkit of the topic, methods for studying the problem, requirements for the workplace, work postures, work furniture, influence of work on the functional state of the body, motor activity, burden and tension of work, peculiarities of mental work, psychology of work, colors and lighting in the workplace, working capacity and mode of work and rest.
Special attention is paid to the organization, the characteristics of work and the conditions of the working environment in healthcare facilities.
ISBN: 9786197137347
Author: Boryana Kavaldzhieva
Publisher: Varna Medical University
Year of issue: 2015
Number of pages: 140
Size: 24/16.5 cm
Covers: paperback
Occupational medicine - writes the author in the introduction to the book - is a section of preventive medicine, studying working conditions and human labor activity. The physiology of work is a part of occupational medicine, studying the changes in the functional state of the human body under the influence of work activity and developing physiologically based means for organizing the work process, which contribute to reducing fatigue and maintaining a high level of work ability. In this sense, the physiology of labor is a science with great practical application.
