{"title":"Developmental foundations of Activity-Centered Ergonomics: knowledge encounters to construct both a critical analysis of work and developmental set-ups.","authors":"Flore Barcellini, Marianne Cerf, Marianne Lacomblez","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2415965","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2415965","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper presents the developmental foundation of Activity-Centered Ergonomics (ACE) that has been shaped by both: (1) a critique of conceptions of work and of its organisation in relation to economic and political models of development, and (2) developmental approaches to understand and to act on activity and work situations at different levels (individual, collective, organisational, and territorial). To do so, we examine some key reference works for ACE over 75 years with regards to these two dimensions and the methods and developmental set ups proposed. We argue that ACE analytical and transformative goals give a considerable space to knowledge encounters and workers' activity. We conclude by briefly discussing some of the current ACE works seeking to expand research-action over time and level of action (geographical area and public policies), in order to address key societal issues, including sustainable work and development.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2024-10-22DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2418303
Yi Wang, Xin Zhou, Yang Yang, Wei Zhang
{"title":"Detecting event-related driving anger with facial features captured by smartphones.","authors":"Yi Wang, Xin Zhou, Yang Yang, Wei Zhang","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2418303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2418303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Driving anger is a serious global issue that poses risks to road safety, thus necessitating the development of effective detection and intervention methods. This study investigated the feasibility of using smartphones to capture facial expressions to detect event-related driving anger. Sixty drivers completed the driving tasks in scenarios with and without multi-stage road events and were induced to angry and neutral states, respectively. Their physiological signals, facial expressions, and subjective data were collected. Four feature combinations and six machine learning algorithms were used to construct driving anger detection models. The model combining facial features and the XGBoost algorithm outperformed models using physiological features or other algorithms, achieving an accuracy of 87.04% and an F1-score of 85.06%. Eyes, mouth, and brows were identified as anger-sensitive facial areas. Additionally, incorporating individual characteristics into models further improved classification performance. This study provides a contactless and highly accessible approach for event-related driving anger detection.<b>Practitioner Summary:</b> This study proposed a cost-effective and contactless approach for event-related and real-time driving anger detection and could potentially provide insights into the design of emotional interactions in intelligent vehicles.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142512232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2024-10-22DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2416554
Paul M Salmon, Brandon J King, Isaiah Elstak, Scott McLean, Gemma J M Read
{"title":"Tomorrow's demons: a scoping review of the risks associated with emerging technologies.","authors":"Paul M Salmon, Brandon J King, Isaiah Elstak, Scott McLean, Gemma J M Read","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2416554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2416554","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Society faces a growing set of risks from advanced emerging technologies. While there has been discussion on some of these risks, a comprehensive overview does not exist, and it is not clear what methods are suited to identify future risks. This scoping review aimed to synthesise current knowledge regarding the risks associated with emerging technologies. The findings show that a diverse set of technologies and risks have been considered, with ten risk themes identified: risks to human health and wellbeing, sub-standard technology risks, legal and ethical risks, privacy and security risks, socioeconomic impacts, ecological and environmental risks, malicious use risks, geopolitical risks, technological unemployment risks, and existential threats. It is concluded that there is a need to expand the focus of prospective risk assessments to consider the organisational, sociotechnical and societal systems in which emerging technologies will be deployed. The development of a future technology risks classification scheme is also recommended.</p><p><strong>Practitioner statement: </strong>This scoping review provides practitioners with a comprehensive overview of the risks associated with future advanced technologies. This will support the proactive development of suitable controls, with the findings also signposting ergonomics methods that can be used to support future risk assessments.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142512237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A model-driven approach for prospective ergonomics: application to ikigai robotics.","authors":"Stéphanie Buisine, Mégane Sartore, Ioana Ocnarescu, Louis-Romain Joly","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2418960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2418960","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prospective Ergonomics requires building a vision of the future, which can be achieved empirically (e.g. analysing unmet needs) and/or creatively (e.g. creating future needs). We develop an alternative way of imagining the future, through a model-driven approach. Based on several developmental models, we provide a global picture of possible future(s) emphasising higher-ordered motivations and values (e.g. meaningfulness, accomplishment). To implement them, we then present a model of human accomplishment reinterpreting the concept of ikigai in light of selected psychological theories (e.g. self-determination, eudaemonic well-being, mindfulness). Finally, we apply it to an Industry 5.0 case study named ikigai robotics: we designed an equipment for railway maintenance following a double design process - a functional design loop and a motivational design loop. The process proved inspirational and the results both original and promising, opening avenues for Prospective Ergonomics to develop a new approach for designing the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2024-10-16DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2414203
Snehal Dhengre, Ling Rothrock
{"title":"Investigating mental workload across task modalities: a multimodal analysis using pupillometry.","authors":"Snehal Dhengre, Ling Rothrock","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2414203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2414203","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Understanding mental workload is challenging due to its multidimensional nature and varying sensitivities of its primary measures: task performance, perceived workload, and physiological responses. This study investigates the effects of task load on performance, perceived workload, and pupil measures across different information modalities. A within-subjects experiment involving three tasks (digit span, matrix span, and dual n-back) was conducted with three task load levels. Workload measures included accuracy/sensitivity, reaction time, NASA-TLX, peak pupil diameter, and peak pupil latency. Consistent patterns of associations between task load and these workload measures were found across the three modalities. Workload measures revealed a nuanced interplay between task modality and task load. Robustness of peak pupil latency, accuracy, and NASA-TLX was highlighted across verbal and visual modalities, while peak pupil diameter showed a weaker impact with differences between modalities. The findings encourage multivariate assessment of mental workload to account for different task modalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2024-10-16DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2409939
Jean-Marc Robert, Eric Brangier
{"title":"Prospective ergonomics for the design of future things.","authors":"Jean-Marc Robert, Eric Brangier","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2409939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2409939","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This position paper gives an overview of the field of Prospective Ergonomics (PE) for the design of future products, services, processes, and systems. It presents its definition, links with innovation, characteristics, origin, history, goal, supports, and methods to help people imagine the future. In recent years, PE has been rediscovered, actualised and repositioned to give it greater scope and visibility, and stimulate research, training and professional practice in ergonomics for the design of future things. PE is an ergonomic intervention mode, on a par with Corrective ergonomics and Design ergonomics, upstream of design projects, where the ergonomist is proactive in anticipating or constructing future user needs and in creating future artefacts. PE is supported by four main fields of study: Ergonomics, Prospective, Future-Oriented Cognition, and Creativity, which ensures it is guided by three key principles: human-centred, future-oriented, and focused on creativity for innovation. PE expands the scope of ergonomics by going beyond the design of interactions with artefacts and including the creation of these artefacts in the first place. This has major impacts on research, training, and professional practice in ergonomics because we need new knowledge to work efficiently on the future, training should be enhanced in prospective, innovation, and new product development, and the professional practice is enriched by a new set of activities. In the conclusion we propose future research directions to pursue the development of PE.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2024-10-15DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2414197
Hélio Silva, Pedro G F Ramos, Sabrina C Teno, Pedro B Júdice
{"title":"Impact of a 6-month sit-stand desk-based intervention on regional musculoskeletal discomfort and overall post-work fatigue in office workers: a cluster randomised controlled trial.","authors":"Hélio Silva, Pedro G F Ramos, Sabrina C Teno, Pedro B Júdice","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2414197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2414197","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Evaluate the impact of a 6-month sit-stand desk (SSD) intervention on office workers' regional musculoskeletal discomfort (MD) and overall post-work fatigue (PWF) compared to a control group. A two-arm (1:1) clustered randomised controlled trial including 38 participants (aged 24-60 years, 77% women) assigned to intervention or control groups. The intervention, spanning 6 months, involved psychoeducation, motivational prompts, and SSD. The control group maintained standard working conditions. MD was assessed using the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire, and PWF with the Need for Recovery Scale. ANCOVA was employed to compare groups, adjusting for covariates, with 5% significance. The intervention group reduced overall MD (<i>p</i> = 0.018) and PWF (<i>p</i> = 0.013), while the control group showed no changes. However, no time*group interactions were found (<i>p</i> > 0.05). A 6-month SSD intervention alleviated office workers' MD and PWF, suggesting benefits from increasing standing time by at least 30 minutes/day. Future investigations must explore individual heterogeneity in response to SSD.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/JHGPW.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2024-10-13DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2413150
Grace Gao, Billy C L So, Andy S K Cheng, Siu Shing Man, Shamay S M Ng
{"title":"Effect of exoskeleton devices on work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among healthcare workers: a scoping review.","authors":"Grace Gao, Billy C L So, Andy S K Cheng, Siu Shing Man, Shamay S M Ng","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2413150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2413150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) have been a concern among healthcare workers, impacting their well-being and patient safety. Exoskeleton technologies have gained a growing interest as an ergonomic intervention for WMSDs. This scoping review explores exoskeleton effects on WMSDs among healthcare workers. A comprehensive search identified 9 eligible studies published in English between 2013 and 2023. Exoskeletons showed promising effects on objective measures, selectively reducing muscle activation in a task-dependent manner. They also improved force exertion and body posture parameters in specific scenarios. Subjectively, exoskeletons reduced discomfort, pain, fatigue, and received positive perceptions with acceptable usability. However, the impact on perceived exertion varied with tasks. While exoskeletons have shown potential in enhancing healthcare workers' well-being and performance, more work is required to refine their effectiveness and maximise benefits in different healthcare settings. The study revealed the need for standardised methodologies, consideration of participant characteristics, and optimisation of exoskeleton design.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142479721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2024-10-10DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2414199
Tiago F A C Sigahi, Andrew Thatcher, Ivan Bolis, Izabela Simon Rampasso, Patrícia Saltorato, Rosley Anholon
{"title":"Actionable insights for human factors and ergonomics to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals: mapping past advancements and proposing future strategic paths.","authors":"Tiago F A C Sigahi, Andrew Thatcher, Ivan Bolis, Izabela Simon Rampasso, Patrícia Saltorato, Rosley Anholon","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2414199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2414199","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite significant strides in linking Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) and sustainability, research lacks precision in debating HFE's role, especially concerning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper maps concrete contributions of HFE to the SDGs, offering strategic actions for target achievement. The methodological approach involved the application of PRISMA to define a sample, SciMAT and VOSviewer for visual and temporal thematic mapping, deductive content analysis and categorical analysis. The results show that there is an already rich and unique set of contributions across a wide range of SDGs, not just the most common related to HFE, SDG8 (Decent work). The importance of HFE is highlighted in various aspects, such as the sustainable adoption of industry 4.0 technologies (SDG9) and the development of sustainable production (SDG12), energy (SDG7) and urban (SDG11) systems. Strategic actions specifying targets for each mapped SDG are offered for policymakers, industry professionals and researchers.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142401854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2024-03-19DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2024.2323997
Xin Zhou, Xing Chen, Liu Tang, Yi Wang, Jingyue Zheng, Wei Zhang
{"title":"Event-related driver stress detection with smartphones in an urban environment: a naturalistic driving study.","authors":"Xin Zhou, Xing Chen, Liu Tang, Yi Wang, Jingyue Zheng, Wei Zhang","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2323997","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00140139.2024.2323997","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Driving in urban areas can be challenging and encounter acute stress. To detect driver stress, collecting data on real roads without interfering the driver is preferred. A smartphone-based data collection protocol was developed to support a naturalistic driving study. Sixty-one participants drove on predetermined real road routes, and driving information as well as physiological, psychological, and facial data were collected. The algorithm identified potentially stressful events based on the collected data. Participants classified these events as low, medium, or highly stressful events by watching recorded videos after the experiment. These events were then used to train prediction models. The best model achieved an accuracy of 92.5% in classifying low/medium/highly stressful events. The contribution of physiological, psychological, and facial expression indices and individual profile information was evaluated. The method can be applied to visualise the geographical distribution of stressors, monitor driver behaviour, and help drivers regulate their driving habits.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1371-1390"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140159393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}