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Discussion Group
Glossary of Terms
above-shoulder work
accommodation
agility
Angular Acceleration
Angular Velocity
Anthropometry
Back Posture
balancing
bending
climbing
Cold/Hot Temperatures
color vision
Competitive Test Performance (CTP)
Contact Stresses
crawling
Critical Demand Elements
Critical Demands
crouching
Cumulative Trauma Disorders (CTDs)
Cycle Time
depth perception
Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)
distraction-based clinical testing
distraction-based testing
Duration
dynamic standing
Environmental Nuisance Factors
Ergonomic Hazards
Ergonomic Risk Factors
Ergonomics
Ergonomics Team
Ergonomist
Essential Job Tasks
far acuity
feeling
field of vision
fingering
Force
Forearm/Elbow
Functional Capacity Evaluation
glossary
goniometer
Hand/Wrist
Handle Grip Forces
handling
Health Care Provider
hearing
heart rate analysis to evaluate effort
Job Objective
Job Site Analysis
Job Title
Knee/Ankle
kneeling
low-level work
Magnitude
Motion
near acuity
Neck
NIOSH Lifting Equation
physical demand factors
physical effort
Physical Effort Testing
Posture
Qualified Person
question mark
reaching
Recovery
Reliability of Pain and Disability Reports
Repetition
Shoulder
squatting
static neck positioning
static standing
stooping
strength
symptom magnification
Symptom of Magnification
Systems Approach
talking
tasting/smelling
Vibration
work capacity evaluation

Glossary of Ergonomics & FCE Terminology

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