概述工效学是一门新兴的边缘性科学。作为一门独立的学科已有四十年的历史了。各国对其命名不同,如“人类工程学”“人机工程学”“人类因素”“生物工艺学”“工程心理学”等。目前较普遍采用的名字是“Ergonomics”,译为“人类工效学”或“工效学”。日本译为“人间工学”,苏联译为“人类工程学”。使用“Ergonomics”一词,是波特兰的一位教授提出来的,理由是该词来源于希腊文的两个词“Ergo”和“nomics”,前者意为 Ergonomics is an emerging science of marginalization. As an independent discipline for 40 years. Nomenclature varies from country to country, such as “ergonomics”, “ergonomics”, “human factors”, “biotechnology” and “engineering psychology”. The most commonly used name now is “Ergonomics”, translated as “ergonomics” or “ergonomics.” Japan translated as “human engineering”, the Soviet Union translated as “human engineering.” The word “Ergonomics” was put forward by a professor in Portland on the grounds that the term came from the two words “Ergo” and “nomics” in Greek, meaning "