{"id":11226,"date":"2023-11-29T15:47:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T14:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igr-ev.de\/conducting-studies\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:16:12","slug":"conducting-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/igr-ev.de\/en\/conducting-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Conducting studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Relational and behavioral ergonomics - focusing on people<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The needs of employees are increasingly coming to the fore from the perspective of health promotion and prevention. This is due to the well-known factors of demographic development and the shortage of skilled workers, as well as the trend towards work intensification and the resulting increase in mental illnesses such as burnout, depression and musculoskeletal disorders caused by lack of exercise and one-sided strain. The framework conditions are also increasingly changing due to new forms of work, such as the introduction of open office landscapes, desk sharing and the relocation of some work to the home office. On the production side, the increasing number of physically impaired employees, the rising average age of the workforce and the as yet unforeseeable consequences of digitalization – the buzzword is Industry 4.0 – are also coming to the fore.<\/p>

When certifying ergonomic products, the Institute for Health and Ergonomics has already set out to investigate how products or services prove themselves in terms of their ergonomic effectiveness in everyday practice. Above all, whether they live up to the claim of providing benefits for most working people. This means that the most diverse individual characteristics in terms of height, weight, gender, age and health restrictions should be taken into account in order to meet the individual needs of the largest possible number of people when it comes to optimized ergonomic working conditions.<\/p>

This includes work equipment in the sense of “relationship ergonomics” as well as measures that have a (sustainable) effect on people in the direction of healthier behavior, in the sense of so-called “behavioral ergonomics”.<\/p>

These can be conditions, such as a more ergonomic design of work equipment, which induce healthier behavior, or simply the didactic influence on healthier behavior. For example, in the form of special training measures, targeted visualization (and thus simplification) of instructions, improved user guidance – keyword software ergonomics – or the optimization of operating instructions, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Frank Selbeck<\/h2>

Marketing Manager Germany - Gerflor Mipolam GmbH<\/span>As one of the world's leading manufacturers of floor coverings, the<\/p>\n

The ergonomic benefits of our resilient floor coverings are of particular interest.<\/p>\n

We conducted a study with the IGR to relieve the musculoskeletal system.<\/p>\n

To this end, the properties were compared with conventional hard floor coverings<\/p>\n

with regard to the load when walking and standing.<\/p>\n

The result was very positive and informative. In the further development of our<\/p>\n

product solutions, we have already been able to successfully realize the results in terms of continuous<\/p>\n

product improvement. We would like to thank the IGR team for their excellent cooperation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>

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Holger Schmalz<\/h2>

Head of Sales D\/A\/CH - MARTOR KG <\/span>Following certification as an ergonomic product, we also wanted to prove the ergonomic effectiveness of a selection of our products in a study.<\/p>\n

Together, we defined the research objective and determined the possible methods for the study.<\/p>\n

We then successfully carried out the study together with the IGR.<\/p>\n

We were able to gain valuable new insights, especially by involving our customers as study partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>

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Danilo Pastore Galderio<\/h2>

Managing Director - Pharmaflex SRL<\/span>We are delighted that the IGR Institute was able to positively evaluate our products from the Pharmaflex Performance range. In addition to the certification of our products by the institute, the confirmation of the positive ergonomic properties by the study was very important to us. In addition to the objective measurement results, it was the testers' broad approval of our concept that confirmed our philosophy of always finding the best solution for healthy sleep. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Frank Selbeck<\/h2>

Marketing Manager Germany Gerflor Mipolam GmbH<\/span>As one of the world's leading manufacturers of floor coverings, the<\/p>\n

The ergonomic benefits of our resilient floor coverings are of particular interest.<\/p>\n

We conducted a study with the IGR to relieve the musculoskeletal system.<\/p>\n

To this end, the properties were compared with conventional hard floor coverings<\/p>\n

with regard to the load when walking and standing.<\/p>\n

The result was very positive and informative. In the further development of our<\/p>\n

product solutions, we have already been able to successfully realize the results in terms of continuous<\/p>\n

product improvement. We would like to thank the IGR team for their excellent cooperation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Holger Schmalz<\/h2>

Head of Sales D\/A\/CH <\/span>Following certification as an ergonomic product, we also wanted to prove the ergonomic effectiveness of a selection of our products in a study.<\/p>\n

Together, we defined the research objective and determined the possible methods for the study.<\/p>\n

We then successfully carried out the study together with the IGR.<\/p>\n

We were able to gain valuable new insights, especially by involving our customers as study partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Danilo Pastore Galderio<\/h2>

Managing Director of Pharmaflex srl <\/span>We are delighted that the IGR Institute was able to positively evaluate our products from the Pharmaflex Performance range. In addition to the certification of our products by the institute, the confirmation of the positive ergonomic properties by the study was very important to us. In addition to the objective measurement results, it was the testers' broad approval of our concept that confirmed our philosophy of always finding the best solution for healthy sleep. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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This is immediately followed by the consideration of the above-mentioned effectiveness in terms of a period of time. What effect do measures have over longer periods of time? Can they bring about significant changes or improvements in behavior?<\/p>

How are the measures evaluated by employees, line managers and also by company health management, HR or occupational safety personnel?<\/p>

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Frank Selbeck<\/h2>

Marketing Manager Germany Gerflor Mipolam GmbH<\/p>\n

As one of the world's leading manufacturers of floor coverings, the<\/p>\n

The ergonomic benefits of our resilient floor coverings are of particular interest.<\/p>\n

We conducted a study with the IGR to relieve the musculoskeletal system.<\/p>\n

To this end, the properties were compared with conventional hard floor coverings<\/p>\n

with regard to the load when walking and standing.<\/p>\n

The result was very positive and informative. In the further development of our<\/p>\n

product solutions, we have already been able to successfully realize the results in terms of continuous<\/p>\n

product improvement. We would like to thank the IGR team for their excellent cooperation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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