id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_zja4kngkcvg6jmlq2cgvnedvn4 Tamara James An Intervention Study Comparing Traditional and Ergonomic Microscopes 2000.0 4 .pdf application/pdf 1866 126 44 In recent years, manufacturers have produced new microscopes with claims of "ergonomic design" for cytotechnologists while using traditional microscopes (baseline) and again after the introduction of showed the ergonomically designed microscopes were significantly more comfortable to use than the (flexion) and shoulders (abduction) was noted with the ergonomically designed microscopes. results suggest that ergonomically designed microscopes may reduce some of the risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and benefit individuals who use microscopes for prolonged periods of user comfort and new microscopes have ergonomic ergonomically designed, adjustable microscope in this "ergonomically designed" microscope: tilting and the neck and upper limb were collected over a twoweek period while participants used traditional ergonomically designed microscopes and participants discomfort surveys and posture measurements were (Norkin & White, 1995; Ortiz, Marcus, Gerr, Jones & Figure 2: Postural differences using traditional microscope using traditional microscopes to ergonomic microscopes with other ergonomic improvements such ./cache/work_zja4kngkcvg6jmlq2cgvnedvn4.pdf ./txt/work_zja4kngkcvg6jmlq2cgvnedvn4.txt