THE IMPORTANCE OF ERGONOMICS FOR HEALTH WORKERS

Abstract

Ergonomics is a multidiscipline preoccupied of the adaptation of work to man. This concept is fairly new in our country, but it is very necessary that professionals who take care of health of the population get fundamentals of this discipline. This is because in modern world there are a number of pathologies which are caused or aggravated by work. In those cases, treatments are not effective if actions are not taken to correct the causes that generates the symptoms. The article presents an overview of Ergonomics, its objectives, field of action and the physiological, psychological, biomechanical, environmental and organizational aspects which constitutes its basis. A discussion is also made on the projections of Ergonomics and its utility in the adaptation of traditional work methods as well as in technologies of the future.