WORK RECOVERY BV
ERGOS tm WORK SIMULATOR: UNIT 1
UNIT 1: STATIC AND DYNAMIC STRENGTH
Unit 1 has three distinct assessment components -measurement of static/isometric strength and dynamic/isotonic strength (lifting and carrying) using industrial
standards.
Ergos Static Strength
Unique measurement of left side/right side body
strength, while working through a protocol that
measures maximum voluntary, sustained effort,
and pounds/kilograms of effort simultaneously.
Immediate feedback to compare against job
standards and against Department of Labor DOT
Standards and National Institute of Safety and
Health (NIOSH) guidelines.
Ergos Dynamic Lifting Strength
features lifting box using weights from 10 to
120 pounds/5 to 60 kilograms. Detailed velocity
curves identify ascending (miometric)
movement and descending (pliometric)
movement from floor to industrial bench and
shelf height. Integrated static and dynamic
software establishes differences between the
two testing procedures, which then indicates
the probable recovery range for workers.
Ergos Dynamic Carrying Strength
A series of repetitive, selecting and sorting,
lifting, carrying, walking and climbing activities.
The worker assembles a series of progressive
heavier work trays which are carried over
certain distances and placed on a scale to
validate weight carried. Workers response time
is electronically sensed and compared to
international industrial standard time (MTM
methodology).
Ergos Work Simulator and Sapphire Work Capacity Tester for Functional Capacity Assessment and
Evaluation, Work Hardening, Vocational Rehabilitation and Work Related Therapies.
