An article co-authored by EWI Staff was recently accepted and published in the journal Gait & Posture. Along with an analysis of back muscle control patterns and postural shifting during…

By: Erin Walkom, CCPE There are many definitions and forms of yoga practice. In simple terms, yoga is a Hindu spiritual and ascetic (training and exercise) discipline, a part of…

Background: In this week’s post, we review a recent research article on welding [1]. In this paper, the authors investigated physical outcomes associated with two different set-ups for welding equipment.…

The idea that sedentary work is a detriment to a person’s health is well documented. Research shows that sitting work leads to increases in obesity and other related health issues,…

Over the past 15 years, significant changes have been made in design and construction processes with the goal to protect the environment. A number of rating systems exist to measure…

EWI works is excited to announce that owner and Senior Ergonomist, Linda Miller, has officially received her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Boson University today. Linda has proven that hard…

Introduction: Construction opportunities, particularly in natural resources sectors, offer near limitless opportunities for trades’ people. Much of the work conducted in these fields requires work on a scaffold at various…

A big thank you to the partners and clients who helped us develop our updated self-adjustment tool – launched August 16, 2012! Like the old “self-assessment” version, the newly named…

Adapting working posture (sitting, standing, sit-standing rotations) is a common topic in ergonomics research and practice. Adapting working posture is an excellent example of the need for a systemic ergonomics…

Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) is a term used to describe a wide range of visual symptoms experienced by operators of visual display terminals (VDT) [1]. As many as 90% of…