ective surfaces, or a window in front of or behind you. If possible, place yourself at a 90-degree angle to a window or other bright light source. Screen shade or glare guards can help shield your mother.” (http://www.homestore.com/Decorae/ByRoom/Work/Ergo.asp). The location of the document you are typing is also very important to preventing eyestrain. “Document holders are generally placed to the side of or in front of the monitor (when placed in front it is angled up between the keyboard and the monitor). When placing the document holder to the side of the monitor, the dominant eye should be considered. Favoring the dominant eye with the most frequently used visual targets may require less eye, head, neck, and body movement to view these targets. This is due to the fact that the center of the visual field is closer to the dominant eye than the non-dominant eye. A left-eye-dominant person should position frequently viewed documents to the left of the monitor. If the monitor is the most frequently viewed item, then it should be positioned to the side favoring the dominant eye.” (http://www.ergonomics.ucla.edu/Ergowebv2.0/articles/compvision.htm). Exercising these basic instructions will help reduce in eyestrain when dealing with computers.Ergonomists have helped businesses today cut back on costs by educating them on workplace ergonomics. “The total number of injuries and illnesses attributed to all repetitive motion (RM) in all job categories was just 75,188 or 4.1% of the total cases requiring time away from work. The largest share of RM incidents, 47.7%, occurred in the manufacturing sector and not in the office place. “The numbers released in April of this year do not reflect the dramatic drop in injuries and illnesses attributed to typing and keying we have seen in the past three years. But the fact that the number held steady, despite ever increasing computer usage at home and at work, demonstrates ...
