Pettersson, Cecilia Nilsson, Martin Andersson, Morgan Wijk, Helle
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Applied ergonomics
The strong driving forces for ageing in place demand sustainable solutions for the housing and care of older people and the health and safety of home- and health-care staff. The aim of the study was to elucidate staff experiences of providing home- and health-care to older people living in ordinary housing. This study was part of a larger project i...
Hervieux, Valérie Tremblay, Angelo Biron, Caroline
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Applied ergonomics
Workers who experienced prolonged sitting have higher risk of mortality from all causes compared to non-sedentary workers. However, work can also be a health enhancement opportunity and it also can be designed to improve health and well-being. This research presents a novel intervention designed to reduce sedentary behavior in the workplace. Seven ...
Chadefaux, Delphine Moorhead, Alex P Marzaroli, Pietro Marelli, Stefano Marchetti, Enrico Tarabini, Marco
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Applied ergonomics
Whole-Body Vibration (WBV) is an occupational hazard affecting employees working with transportation, construction or heavy machinery. To minimize vibration-induced pathologies, ISO identified WBV exposure limits based on vibration transmissibility and apparent mass studies. The ISO guidelines do not account for variations in posture or movement. I...
Pierson, Benjamin Faestel, Paul Spector, June T Johnson, Peter
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Applied ergonomics
Characterization of Whole-Body Vibration (WBV) exposure is important for the development and evaluation of mitigation strategies for occupational WBV. However, barriers associated with cost and complexity limit widespread use of current gold-standard accelerometer (GSA) measurement systems. Small, simple, low cost Acceleration Measurement Unit (AMU...
Pellegrin, Liliane Chassery, Leila Chaudet, Hervé Texier, Gaëtan Bonnardel, Nathalie
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Applied ergonomics
Decision-making during critical outbreak management may require standard strategies, but also more creative ones. Our goal was to characterize the expert decision processes that take place during critical situations, where rule-based strategies and usual procedures cannot be satisfactorily applied. More specifically, we focused on the strategies ex...
Pan, Christopher S Ning, Xiaopeng Wimer, Bryan Zwiener, Joyce Kau, Tsui-Ying
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Applied ergonomics
The objective of this study was to assess the impact of using alternative mast climbing work platform (MCWP) designs on trunk motion and postural stability with masonry workers while performing bricklaying and stepping down tasks using a conventional MCWP setting (i.e. with a step deck) as well as two types of production tables (straight- and L-sha...
Gräf, Julia Mattes, Klaus Luedtke, Kerstin Wollesen, Bettina
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Applied ergonomics
This study investigates the effects of the usage of a novel camera system compared to a conventional lens system for manual precision tasks. Utilizing the novel camera system aims to improve neck posture, reduce neck muscle tension and thereby minimize the risk of neck pain. Camera and lens systems were compared by assessing the craniovertebral ang...
Ede, Jody Vollam, Sarah Darbyshire, Julie L Gibson, Oliver Tarassenko, Lionel Watkinson, Peter
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Applied ergonomics
Infra-red and thermal imaging enable wireless systems to monitor patients' vital signs and absence of wires may improve patient experiences. No studies have explored staff perceptions of the concept of this specific type of technology in the adult population. Understanding existing working systems before introducing technology could improve adoptio...
Hajifar, Sahand Sun, Hongyue Megahed, Fadel M Jones-Farmer, L Allison Rashedi, Ehsan Cavuoto, Lora A
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Applied ergonomics
Advancements in sensing and network technologies have increased the amount of data being collected to monitor the worker conditions. In this study, we consider the use of time series methods to forecast physical fatigue using subjective ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) and gait data from wearable sensors captured during a simulated in-lab manual...
Cook, Richard I Long, Beth Adele
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Applied ergonomics
We report an organization's method for recruiting additional, specialized human resources during anomaly handling. The method has been tailored to encourage sharing adaptive capacity across organizational units. As predicted by Woods' theory, this case shows that sharing adaptive capacity allows graceful extensibility that is particularly useful wh...
