ABSTRACT
Office and computer work is associated with safety and health issues in the working age population. To address these risk factors, office ergonomics interventions need to be designed and evaluated for their effectiveness in reducing musculoskeletal and visual systems along with enhancing individual performance. Organizations show an interest in improving office workplaces; however scant research exists in longitudinal field intervention research. This paper will report on the impact of two longitudinal office ergonomics workplace and training interventions on workers' knowledge, musculoskeletal health and computing behaviors. These two study
results suggest that the provision of ergonomic skills, in the form of training, and workplace flexibility allows individuals to make appropriate workstation, computing behavioral changes, thus reducing musculoskeletal discomfort associated with computer use.
