Main > Medical The focus of this paper is a) low back pain, b) the muscles of the low back and c) how recent advances in understanding their activity has changed the way the treatment is conducted. Excluding sudden trauma, for purposes of this paper four systems are viewed as causing low back pain. These […]
Main > Medical Two years after his first ergonomic assessment Mark was still suffering from muscular pain. His employer had followed the recommendations of the ergonomist, purchasing a new chair and keyboard, lowering the monitor, and installing an adjustable workstation with a slant table. Yet, with all these changes, Mark continued to complain of severe […]
Main > Medical Ted Selker hopes that our computers may one day act a bit like Big Brother, but with a positive spin. Selker works at MIT’s Media Lab devising ways in which machines can keep track of what we’re doing and anticipate our needs – from calling up the morning newspaper at the blink […]
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