Resources:-

Studies and Research Projects

Are Poor Workspace Ergonomics Causing Radiologists Pain (Science Daily May 2010)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100503135424.htm

Research Into The Sedentary Behavior Of Australia's Working Population (Study presented at the HPM Congress in Melbourne August 2009)

PDF Download of paper

Only a third of Australians are meeting the recommended 150 minutes of moderate physical activity a week (Herald Sun August 2009)

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,25930578-662,00.html

Stand Up For Your Health-Physiologists And Microbiologists Find Link Between Sitting And Poor Health (Science Daily June 2008)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/0610-stand_up_for_your_health.htm

Our office chairs are slowly killing us. The project is a a collaboration between the Baker IDI and the universities of Melbourne and Queensland. (February 2008)

http://www.bakeridi.edu.au/news/office_chairs_slowly_killing_us

Sitting May Increase Risk Of Disease (Science Daily November 2007)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071119130734.htm

The Benefits of Sitting to Standing at Work-Paper presented by Mark Dohrmann at the National Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (Adelaide, November 2008)

PDF download of paper

Cornell University Study of Electric Height Adjustable desks

http://ergo.human.cornell.edu/CUEHAWDownrep0904.html

A New Way to Control Weight? (ABC News Nov 2007)

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3922069

Ergonomics and Furniture

AFRDI- Australian Furniture Research and Development Institute (Furniture Testing and Accreditation)

www.furntech.org.au

CFIAA- Commercial Furniture Industry Association of Australia

www.cfiaa.com.au

FIAA- Furniture Industry Association of Australia

www.fiaa.com.au

OT Australia- Australian Association of Occupational Therapists

www.ausot.com.au

HFESA- Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia

www.ergonomics.org.au

APA- Australian Physiotherapy Association

http://apa.advsol.com.au

Office Ergonomics- Know the basic tips about Office Ergonomics, Workstation Ergonomics, Ergonomic PC, Laptop Ergonomics, Ergonomic chair

http://www.safecomputingtips.com/

QLD Industrial Relations

www.whs.qld.gov.au

QLD Guideline to the Health & Safety in the Call Centre Industry

PDF download of paper

WorkCover

NSW: www.workcover.nsw.gov.au VIC: www.workcover.vic.gov.au QLD: www.workcover.qld.com.au WA: www.workcover.wa.gov.au NT: www.worksafe.nt.gov.au ACT: www.workcover.act.gov.au SA: www.workcover.com.au TAS: www.workcover.tas.gov.au

Health and Wellbeing

Amplicity- Organizational Health and Individual Wellbeing

http://www.amplicity.com.au/

Benefits of a TV lift

One of the benefits of a TV lift is that it can reduce and may even eliminate the risk of the TV being pulled over. When raised the TV cannot be pulled over as it is fastened to the TV lift and when down it is within the cabinet and out of sight. The injuries from this accident are increasing every year as TV's become lighter, bigger and thinner. This was highlighted in an article by the Herald Sun in Melbourne. See below.

Herald Sun (Melbourne 31/10/2009) - VICTORIANS' obsession with big-screen TVs is landing them and their children in hospital, with more than 100 people a year now crushed by their falling televisions......

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/

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