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2. Effects of fatigue on safety - Wikipedia

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   Fatigue can be both physical and mental. Physical fatigue is the inability to continue functioning at the level of one's normal abilities; a person with physical fatigue cannot lift as heavy a box or walk as far as he could if not fatigued. [3] [4] [5] Mental fatigue, on the other hand, rather manifests in sleepiness or slowness. A person with ...

3. Locomotor effects of shoes - Wikipedia

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   During gait, high heeled shoes are shown to affect the ankle joint, causing significantly increased plantarflexion. [14] This, in turn, increases the metabolic costs of walking and leads to faster muscle fatigue. Accelerated muscle fatigue may then increase the likelihood of ankle sprains and or falls due to impaired foot and ankle stability. [15]

4. Steel-toe boot - Wikipedia

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   A pair of well-worn steel-toe shoes A pair of ISO 20345:2004 compliant S3 safety boots. A steel-toe boot (also known as a safety boot, steel-capped boot, steel toecaps or safety shoe) is a durable boot or shoe that has a protective reinforcement in the toe which protects the foot from falling objects or compression. Safety shoes are effective ...

5. The best orthopedic shoes in 2025, according to experts - AOL

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   Even if your favorite shoes are brand new, a poor fit could lead to discomfort, pain ,and even plantar fasciitis, bunions or other foot conditions. In fact, one 2018 study found that up to 72% of ...

6. Engineering psychology - Wikipedia

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   A mailbag with a waist-support strap, and a double bag that requires the use of both shoulders, has been shown to reduce muscle fatigue. [ citation needed ] Research by engineering psychologists has demonstrated that using cell-phones while driving degrades performance by increasing driver reaction time, particularly among older drivers, and ...

7. Ergonomics - Wikipedia

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   The term ergonomics (from the Greek ἔργον, meaning "work", and νόμος, meaning "natural law") first entered the modern lexicon when Polish scientist Wojciech Jastrzębowski used the word in his 1857 article Rys ergonomji czyli nauki o pracy, opartej na prawdach poczerpniętych z Nauki Przyrody (The Outline of Ergonomics; i.e. Science of Work, Based on the Truths Taken from the ...