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Innovative dynamic function allocation: Enhancing UAV supervisory control performance by integrating operator fatigue and flight hazard mitigation 创新动态功能分配：结合操作人员疲劳和飞行危险降低，提高无人机监控性能

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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103848

Yueqi An, Jianwei Niu

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Influence of individual flexibility on the effectiveness of a passive back-support exosuit in reducing erector spinae muscle activity: An exploratory study 个体柔韧性对被动式背支撑外服减少竖脊肌活动有效性的影响：一项探索性研究

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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103843

Sang Hyeon Kang

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Cross-task cue utilization in uncrewed aerial vehicle operations 无人驾驶飞行器操作中的跨任务线索利用

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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103825

Peter F. Renshaw, Mark W. Wiggins, Nathan D. Fernandes, Ben W. Morrison

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Older people's needs for soft exoskeletons: a human-centered, participatory study 老年人对软性外骨骼的需求：一项以人为中心的参与性研究

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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103813

Ke Chen , Vivian Weiqun Lou , Ning Xi

{"title":"Older people's needs for soft exoskeletons: a human-centered, participatory study","authors":"Ke Chen , Vivian Weiqun Lou , Ning Xi","doi":"10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103813","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103813","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Exoskeletons offer significant potential to enhance mobility and support independent living in older adults. However, their widespread adoption is hindered by a limited understanding of the diverse user needs and design requirements. To address this gap, we conducted a two-stage human-centered participatory study to identify user needs, preferences, and design requirements for soft exoskeletons design and evaluation. Stage 1 comprised six co-design workshops with older adults with mobility challenges and their family caregivers (n = 14), focusing on lived experiences, physio-psychosocial needs, and design expectations. Stage 2 involved laboratory-based assessments with 157 older adults to collect behavioral, functional, and biomechanical parameters relevant to exoskeleton performance requirements. The study identified four core physio-psychosocial needs, 13 design requirements, and nine objective performance benchmarks. Key priorities include facilitating daily task performance and mobility to foster independence and prevent injury; ensuring comfort, personalization, and durability; supporting competence and self-esteem through ease of use, aesthetic design, and affordability; promoting social connectedness and inclusion; and upholding ethical and moral integrity through accessibility, data security, and transparency. The nine evaluation benchmarks encompass biomechanical, functional, and behavioral parameters, including step length, stride length, handgrip strength, knee maximal voluntary contraction at multiple angles, walking speed, chair stand performance, and Short Physical Performance Battery scores. The finding offers a practical, evidence-based framework for aligning soft exoskeletons with the complex physical, psychological, and social needs of older adults, thereby promoting usability, acceptance, and adoption in aging societies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50317,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103813"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145100081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploration of interaction modality for civil aircraft flying task: A laboratory study 民用飞机飞行任务交互方式探索：实验室研究

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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103823

Rourou Yu, Youchao Sun, Chaochao Guo

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Interaction with large-screen displays: A comparison of freehand and device-assisted interactions under varied postures and user-to-display distances 与大屏幕显示器的交互：在不同姿势和用户与显示器的距离下，徒手和设备辅助交互的比较

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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103826

Xinliang Yang , Yuzhuo Wu , Shuang Liu , Kun Ji , Da Tao

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A decision support model for nursing chair design driven by patent literature analysis and trapezoidal fuzzy AHP 基于专利文献分析和梯形模糊层次分析法的护理椅设计决策支持模型

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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103811

Jun Du , Jiangang Zhu

{"title":"A decision support model for nursing chair design driven by patent literature analysis and trapezoidal fuzzy AHP","authors":"Jun Du , Jiangang Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103811","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103811","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The postpartum period presents significant ergonomic challenges for women. Prolonged and frequent breastfeeding often leads to fatigue and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), affecting maternal and infant health. Our preliminary study shows that 78 % of breastfeeding mothers experience lower back discomfort after just 15 min, and 62 % suffer from shoulder and neck tension due to forward-leaning postures. Current nursing chair designs struggle to meet postpartum needs due to the lack of standardized evaluation tools and user-centered design approaches. This study aims to address the significant ergonomic challenges faced by postpartum women by developing a novel decision-support model that integrates Patent Literature Analysis (PLA) and the Trapezoidal Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP).PLA identifies key innovation trends in nursing chair design, while fuzzy AHP ranks evaluation criteria, forming a dynamic framework of “technology trend insights, quantitative indicator evaluation.” The model effectively aligns technical feasibility with user needs, providing a robust framework for optimizing nursing chair designs to reduce musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and enhance maternal-infant health. PLA clarifies technical boundaries by capturing evolution trends, while fuzzy AHP quantifies priority levels of user requirements and addresses uncertainties in subjective evaluations using fuzzy numbers. This enables a continuous design loop of “trend updates, weight adjustments, solution optimization.” Evaluation results highlight “structural rationality” (weight 0.2195) and “safety” (weight 0.1272) as top priorities. The optimized design achieved a score of 0.6669, significantly enhancing user comfort and product competitiveness. This framework offers a user-driven, technically grounded path for nursing chair optimization, aiming to reduce MSDs and promote maternal-infant well-being.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50317,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103811"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145100079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Adoption evaluation of an AI-enabled immersive virtual reality tool in gerontological nursing using an extended technology acceptance model 使用扩展技术接受模型对老年护理中支持ai的沉浸式虚拟现实工具的采用进行评估

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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103812

Amirarash Kashef , Yu Wang , Ayse Malatyali , Junfeng Ma

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Haptic cueing modulates gait variability and is more user friendly than visual cues 触觉提示调节步态变异性，比视觉提示更方便使用

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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103817

Kolby J. Brink , Mehrnoush Haghighatnejad , Tyler M. Wiles , Nick Stergiou , Aaron D. Likens

{"title":"Haptic cueing modulates gait variability and is more user friendly than visual cues","authors":"Kolby J. Brink , Mehrnoush Haghighatnejad , Tyler M. Wiles , Nick Stergiou , Aaron D. Likens","doi":"10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103817","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103817","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To compare visual versus haptic cueing modalities in modulating gait variability temporal structure using white noise, pink noise, and invariant interval patterns.</div></div><div><h3>Background</h3><div>Healthy human movement exhibits \"pink noise\" variability, representing optimal balance between stability and adaptability. Aging and pathology disrupt this pattern. While external cueing can help restore healthy patterns, visual and auditory approaches limit environmental awareness.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Ten healthy young adults completed 12-min walking trials for each cueing condition across two counterbalanced sessions. Gait variability was quantified through Detrended Fluctuation Analysis (α) of inter-stride intervals. Synchronization accuracy between heel strikes and cues was measured as asynchrony. Usability was assessed using a modified System Usability Scale.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Bayesian multilevel modeling showed noise condition significantly influenced α values, with white noise and invariant conditions reducing α values compared to control and pink noise conditions. Asynchrony values were not influenced by cueing type, modality, or session. Haptic cueing was strongly preferred over visual for frequent use (P = 0.985), reduced awkwardness (P = 0.996), and increased confidence (P = 0.996).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>Both modalities effectively modulated gait variability, with no differences in synchronization performance. However, haptic cueing received significantly higher usability ratings in key areas.</div></div><div><h3>Application</h3><div>Haptic cueing offers an effective alternative to visual cueing for gait rehabilitation, providing similar effectiveness while maintaining environmental awareness and better user experience, with potential applications through wearable technologies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50317,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103817"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145325041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Immersion in shooting simulations following real-world combat experience 沉浸在射击模拟以下真实世界的战斗经验

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International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103846

Adam T. Biggs , Ben Ives , Sara Hickmann , Dale Turori , Karen R. Kelly

{"title":"Immersion in shooting simulations following real-world combat experience","authors":"Adam T. Biggs , Ben Ives , Sara Hickmann , Dale Turori , Karen R. Kelly","doi":"10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103846","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103846","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Immersion is an important topic for virtual and augmented reality, yet some scenarios introduce unique obstacles to creating an immersive experience. Shooting simulations are especially challenging given that some threat factors cannot be replicated during use-of-force simulations. The current study addressed immersion during shooting simulations with a critical focus on combat experience. Specifically, combat veterans may not take simulators seriously, thereby limiting immersion, or prior exposure may enhance immersion as participants have experienced threat elements that simulators cannot fully replicate. All participants had the same advanced military combat training to provide a comparable skills baseline. To measure immersion while limiting self-report bias, a behavioral scientist independently observed and reported behaviors indicative of behavioral immersion. Participants completed Cognitive Marksmanship Assessments with a 180-degree display capable of providing numerous shooting simulations. Participants exhibited high immersion in shooting simulations after military training. Combat deployment experience increased immersion relative to individuals without combat experience, and immersion also significantly predicted shooting performance in simulation. Although adaptability dominated the performance domain, multiple behavioral indicators suggested deep immersion in shooting simulations. The increase among combat veterans could be attributed to experience allowing their minds to fill in missing pieces that simulators could not replicate; however, this possibility requires further experimentation. These combined results support shooting simulators as a viable training platform even among military, law enforcement, and security veterans with real-world lethal force experience—if anything, prior experience could make scenarios feel more realistic.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50317,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics","volume":"110 ","pages":"Article 103846"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145684232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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