Subjects corresponding to the profiles of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - Evaluate the ergonomics and safety offered by devices that interact with the human body. - Know the advanced concepts of occupational safety and ergonomics in the field of health, sports and work. - To know the concepts of biomechanical interaction in the design of physical protections and specific products for the patient. - Apply the concepts of ergonomics and safety to the design, manufacture, testing and evaluation of physical protections and devices that interact with the human body in health, sport and work. - Analyze the ergonomics and safety needs that arise in a biomechanical application and/or medical treatment or device, and integrate them in the stages of the design process of solutions to the problem posed.

1. Ergonomics concepts a. Physiology of work b. Physical ergonomics c. Ergonomics regulations and legislation 2. Ergonomics applied to the workplace 3. Interaction between ergonomics and safety 4. Ergonomics and vehicle safety in transportation and mobility. 5. Ergonomics and safety in sports 6. Dynamic analysis oriented to safety in sports. 7. Design and analysis of physical protection against impact.

There will be theory classes and classroom exercises, where the professor will present the main contents of the subject and student participation will be encouraged through the proposal of exercises and discussion about them. In order to achieve a better understanding of the subject matter, these classes will also be supported by experimental tests. There will also be computer classroom sessions applied to the study of ergonomics and safety, as well as 4 practices of laboratory to apply the techniques presented in the course to practical and realistic cases. There will be a biomechanical application work applied to realistic cases, which will involve the development of cases of study by means of experimental tests. This work will be carried out by the students during some of the sessions in class, with the support of the professor. Through Aula Global, the student will be informed of a schedule of personalized attention in tutorials, with the objective of solving possible doubts that the students may have about the contents covered in the subject.