'Extra-Ordinary' Ergonomics: How to Accommodate Small and Big Persons, The Disabled and Elderly, Expectant Mothers, and Children (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780367392321)

Underscoring the need for extraordinary ergonomics, this book illustrates various approaches to measuring the characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of those who differ from the norm. An expert in human factors and ergonomics provides the how-tos of designing for people who are smaller, weaker, or bigger, discusses specifically the design for persons with disabilities and the aging population, and covers human factors engineering for expectant mothers and ergonomics for children and teenagers. He explains how to assess and determine abilities and needs and demonstrates how to design tools, homes, and environments to make working space safe and living space easy.

Author: Karl H. E. Kroemer
ISBN-10: 0367392321
ISBN-13: 9780367392321
Publisher: CRC Press
Language: English
Published: 09/23/2019
Pages: 276
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d