A perspective on engaging the disability community in exoskeleton design, implementation, and policymaking.

IF 2.4 3区工程技术 Q3 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI:10.1080/00140139.2025.2567471

Eleanore Rae Scheer, Melissa Choi, Divya Srinivasan, Elvie Sellers, Courtney C Rogers, Rupa S Valdez

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Abstract

Cutting-edge exoskeleton technologies are being developed to rehabilitate older adult patients in medical settings and prevent injury of able-bodied individuals in industrial settings. However, both medical and occupational exoskeletons offer yet underrecognized opportunities to support individuals across the full range of disabled experiences. This perspective piece offers guidance towards design, implementation, and policy for exoskeletons to be used by a diverse set of disabled individuals. To improve the usefulness, usability, and safety of exoskeletons for disabled users, ergonomists can employ inclusive design, universal design, user-centered design, and participatory design principles. In applying these principles, ergonomists must partner with disabled users as they are experts of their own different and overlapping physical, cognitive, sensory, and mental-health-related disabilities. This partnership should be long-standing and extend throughout all stages of the design process via participatory design sessions and community engagement studios.

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参与外骨骼设计、实施和政策制定的残疾人社区的观点。

正在开发尖端的外骨骼技术，以使医疗环境中的老年成年患者康复，并防止工业环境中身体健全的人受伤。然而，医疗和职业外骨骼都提供了尚未得到充分认识的机会，以支持个人全面的残疾经历。这篇透视文章为外骨骼的设计、实现和策略提供了指导，以供各种各样的残疾人使用。为了提高外骨骼对残疾用户的有用性、可用性和安全性，人体工程学家可以采用包容性设计、通用设计、以用户为中心的设计和参与式设计原则。在应用这些原则时，人类工效学家必须与残疾用户合作，因为他们是自己不同和重叠的身体、认知、感官和心理健康相关残疾的专家。这种伙伴关系应该是长期的，并通过参与式设计会议和社区参与工作室扩展到设计过程的各个阶段。

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Ergonomics 工程技术-工程：工业

CiteScore

4.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

147

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Ergonomics, also known as human factors, is the scientific discipline that seeks to understand and improve human interactions with products, equipment, environments and systems. Drawing upon human biology, psychology, engineering and design, Ergonomics aims to develop and apply knowledge and techniques to optimise system performance, whilst protecting the health, safety and well-being of individuals involved. The attention of ergonomics extends across work, leisure and other aspects of our daily lives. The journal Ergonomics is an international refereed publication, with a 60 year tradition of disseminating high quality research. Original submissions, both theoretical and applied, are invited from across the subject, including physical, cognitive, organisational and environmental ergonomics. Papers reporting the findings of research from cognate disciplines are also welcome, where these contribute to understanding equipment, tasks, jobs, systems and environments and the corresponding needs, abilities and limitations of people. All published research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by independent expert referees.