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{"title":"Impact of work-related psychosocial versus biomechanical hazards on risk of musculoskeletal disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Jodi Oakman , Wendy A. Macdonald , Kate McCredie , Samantha Clune","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104481","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104481","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 104481"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143428883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digital technologies, sustainability, and work: How can these themes be brought together to promote a human-centered future in industry 5.0 implementation?","authors":"Ivan Bolis ,&nbsp;João Nobrega Marques ,&nbsp;Enrico Cagno ,&nbsp;Sandra Naomi Morioka","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104475","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104475","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The concept of Industry 5.0 underscores the societal importance of aligning digital technologies, human centrality (including work), and sustainability within production systems. However, its practical implementation faces significant challenges. Considering the central role of work in production systems as envisioned by ergonomics, this study addresses the following research question: What is the role of work, and how can it contribute to ensuring that technology-intensive production systems align with the principles of Industry 5.0, making them human-centered, sustainability-driven, and resilient? In this context, the objective of this research is (i) to map scientific contributions that connect digital technologies, sustainability, and work in production systems, (ii) to investigate gaps and opportunities in scientific literature and possible contributions related to the discipline of ergonomics and (iii) propose theoretical and practical implications. To this end, a systematic literature review was conducted in the Scopus database, aiming to identify studies that connected the three themes. A final sample of 115 articles was obtained, which served as the basis for a content analysis. The results revealed scientific contributions linking digital technologies and work within the context of sustainable development and corporate sustainability. The study also identified seven groups of papers (technology improvement, competent workers, interaction, expanded capabilities, work management, training and embodying) focusing on the intersection of work and digital technology, specifically, ways in which technology influences work/worker and vice versa. Future studies are called to deepen the theoretical concept of Industry 5.0; develop tools, frameworks and indicators; develop more empirical studies; focus more on the role of the worker; and develop solutions to monitor the impacts of technology on work overtime. This study also reinforces the potential of using the discipline of ergonomics as theoretical background to leapfrog knowledge for this research agenda. This is because this discipline has been already developing knowledge on the connection between work and sustainability towards different lines of research that can also be applied in the context of production systems with intensive use of digital technologies. Based on this, theoretical implications for researchers and practical implications for organizations and policymakers were defined, aiming to build human-centered and sustainable production systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 104475"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143422484","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}

{"title":"Characterising the physical and physiological demands of essential tasks across the Australian Army","authors":"Greg L. Carstairs,&nbsp;Jace R. Drain,&nbsp;Daniel C. Billing","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104471","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104471","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding the physical task demands across Army can help to inform physical employment standards (PES) and physical conditioning programs. Job task analysis was performed for 55 Australian Army trades to determine criterion tasks. Of the 139 criterion tasks, 60% were categorised manual handling and 32% load carriage. Lift to Platform tasks were most prevalent (34%) with a median lift height and mass of 1.5 m and 25 kg, followed by lift and carry tasks (23%) with a 30 m carry and 26 kg mass. Physiological demands were moderate, with a median <span><math><mrow><mover><mi>V</mi><mo>˙</mo></mover></mrow></math></span> O₂ and relative intensity of 1.91 L min⁻¹ and ∼46% VO_2max. Load carriage median external load, and <span><math><mrow><mover><mi>V</mi><mo>˙</mo></mover></mrow></math></span> O2 were 22 kg and 2.05 L min⁻¹. Combat Arms trades had higher task demands compared to non-combat trades. These results emphasise the importance of manual handling and load carriage for Army personnel and provide the basis for PES development and targeted physical conditioning.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 104471"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143394759","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}

{"title":"What is buzzing around me? Assessing the influence of indoor unmanned aerial vehicles on human cognitive performance and well-being","authors":"Olga Vogel ,&nbsp;Raphael Dyrska ,&nbsp;Jens Müller ,&nbsp;Martin Mönnigmann ,&nbsp;Annette Kluge","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104476","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104476","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming increasingly common in both everyday life and professional contexts. The present study investigates the human factors that have to be considered in the adoption of UAVs in practice. In a one-factorial design, the impact of UAV indoor flights on human cognitive performance and well-being were analyzed. Fourty-eight participants were divided into an experimental (EG) and a control group (CG) and completed the Work Efficiency Test. In the EG, UAVs flew different path trajectories indoors behind a safety net. Additionally, flow experience, mental effort, and mental strain were measured. Results show that the EG performed marginally worse on the Work Efficiency Test than the CG and experienced less flow during task processing. Additional qualitative interviews showed that participants felt distracted by UAV noise and flight trajectories. Our results corroborate that the human factor cognitive performance should be considered in the implementation of UAV technology in the workplace.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 104476"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143387449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Experimental Investigation of the Efficacy of Preemptive Tilting Seats in mitigating Carsickness","authors":"Nishant Jalgaonkar,&nbsp;Daniel Sousa Schulman,&nbsp;Ming Shao,&nbsp;Saharsh Jaisankar,&nbsp;Brandon Tarter,&nbsp;Nikitha MV,&nbsp;Jacqueline Buford,&nbsp;Sarah Chan,&nbsp;Michael Wachsman,&nbsp;Shorya Awtar","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104453","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104453","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Carsickness (CS) experienced by vehicle passengers is a critical unsolved challenge that impacts existing human-driven vehicles and may limit the adoption of future autonomous vehicles. If CS is reduced, then passengers can perform productive tasks during their commutes. Prior research has demonstrated that a preemptively triggered tilting seat system (TSS), i.e., a seat that tilts the passenger in the direction of the vehicle's turn, can reduce CS response. However, no previous investigations have studied the impact of TSS on passengers performing representative productive tasks when riding a real vehicle under realistic driving conditions. This paper addresses this gap by presenting a human subject study to quantify passenger CS response and assess their task performance in the presence of a preemptively triggered TSS. Twenty-nine healthy adults with varying levels of self-reported motion sickness susceptibility participated in the study across two test conditions. This is the first in-vehicle study that assessed both CS response and passenger task performance for a diverse sample of passengers under realistic driving conditions emulated on a closed test track. The results from this study demonstrated that a preemptively triggered TSS reduces CS scores for male passengers and has no negative influence on their productive task performance. The results also demonstrated that a preemptively triggered TSS did not have an effect on CS scores for female passengers but had a small positive influence on their productive task performance. In addition, the majority of the study participants (∼70%) indicated via a qualitative questionnaire that they would want a preemptively triggered TSS in their car.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 104453"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143349629","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}

{"title":"Developing and validating a Chinese human-automation trust scale: Advancing trust measurement of emerging automation in sustainable ergonomics","authors":"Zixin Cui ,&nbsp;Xiangling Zhuang ,&nbsp;Seul Chan Lee ,&nbsp;Jieun Lee ,&nbsp;Xintong Li ,&nbsp;Makoto Itoh","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104477","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104477","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Measuring humans’ learned trust in emerging automation systems across different trust development stages is important for fostering a sustainable and human-centered human-automation interaction. Given the notable differences in human-automation trust between Chinese culture and other cultures, particularly Western cultures, the development of an effective measurement tool for human-automation trust within Chinese cultural context is indispensable. This study aimed to develop a Chinese version of the Human-Automation Trust Scale (C-HATS) with reasonable reliability and validity, based on several existing theories and scales related to human-automation trust. Following three phases of assessments, including exploratory factor analysis, item analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis, the scale demonstrated reasonable reliability and validity for both initial and post-task trust assessments. However, certain items of our C-HATS should be separately applied when assessing initial and post-task trust. Furthermore, it is crucial to acknowledge the structural differences between initial and post-task trust. Post-task trust consists of three factors: performance, process, and purpose-based trust, whereas initial trust consists of only two dimensions: cognition-based and affect-based trust. These distinctions should be considered when evaluating the subfacets of initial and post-task trust. Although further validation is required, the developed C-HATS has the potential to assess initial and post-task human-automation trust within Chinese cultural context across various automation systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 104477"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143342189","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}

{"title":"Muscle coactivation changes following a fatiguing overhead drilling task: Implications for subacromial impingement syndrome","authors":"Matthew S. Russell,&nbsp;Sam S. Vasilounis,&nbsp;Emily Lefebvre,&nbsp;Janessa D.M. Drake,&nbsp;Jaclyn N. Chopp-Hurley","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104470","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104470","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Individuals with subacromial impingement syndrome (SAIS) demonstrate altered upper limb muscle coactivation during humeral elevation and overhead tasks. This study investigated the effect of an occupationally-relevant overhead task designed to induce global shoulder muscle fatigue on scapular stabilizer and deltoid-rotator cuff muscle coactivation, and upper limb kinematics. Upper limb muscle activity and kinematics were analyzed from 33 right-handed male (n = 17) and female (n = 16) participants before and immediately following a simulated overhead drilling task. Co-activation was generally not affected by fatigue, however scapulothoracic, thoracohumeral, and elbow angles all displayed significant responses to fatigue. Muscle activity and kinematics were highly variable, with a considerable number of participants displaying muscular and kinematic adaptations that would increase SAIS risk. Disadvantageous scapular kinematics adaptations to fatigue correlated with disadvantageous scapular stabilizer coactivity when working in postures requiring more scapular internal rotation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 104470"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143342609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quantitative team performance metrics for dismounted infantry battle drill analysis","authors":"Clifford L. Hancock ,&nbsp;Grace W. Teo ,&nbsp;Michael J. King ,&nbsp;Gregory A. Goodwin ,&nbsp;Kenneth P. Pitts ,&nbsp;Megan E. Coyne ,&nbsp;Donald N. Varieur ,&nbsp;William F. Harris ,&nbsp;Meghan P. O'Donovan","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104473","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104473","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Performance optimization down to the small unit level in the military is critical to the success of the collective force during an operation. However, there remains a lack of objective, quantitative performance metrics to evaluate military-team performance during battle drill training. Our research identified multiple wearable-derived measures that could predict squad performance as aligned to specific battle drill performance constructs. We developed linear mixed-effects models for three critical performance constructs: 1) Communications, 2) Fire Effectiveness, and 3) Violence of Action. In these three models, measures based on inertial measurement unit (IMU), Global Positioning System (GPS), heart rate, and transcribed communication performance metrics significantly explained 51.5%–63.5% of the variance in squad performance. A future after-action review (AAR) system could integrate wearable-derived performance metrics to provide squads with quantitative assessments that supplement feedback communicated by observer-controllers and impart new, beneficial insights.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 104473"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143342619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Proof of concept of a cobotic system in a constrained work environment","authors":"Étienne Fournier-Aubret ,&nbsp;Aurélie Landry ,&nbsp;Beatrice Piras ,&nbsp;Damien Pellier ,&nbsp;Humbert Fiorino ,&nbsp;David Daney ,&nbsp;Christine Jeoffrion","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104472","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104472","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This study is a proof of concept that aims to measure the impacts of a human/cobot collaboration on the human and his task during a simulated chemistry assembly.</div></div><div><h3>Background</h3><div>The 5th industrial revolution calls for refocusing work on the human operator, placing him or her at the center of the system. Thus, cobotic systems are increasingly implemented to support human work. In this research, we study the impact of a real-life cobot on the performance (e.g. number of errors, time completion), workload, risk exposure and acceptability of participants realizing an industrial-like assembly task.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Participants had to reproduce an assembly model with Duplos in collaboration with a cobot in a laboratory setting. The effect of the human expertise on the task (prior to the collaboration) and the level of cobot adaptation to human safety constraints on the performance at the task and on operator were tested.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The main results report that expert participants did less mistakes and were less exposed to risks than non-experts. However, both of them succeeded in the task thanks to the cobot adaptation. Also, the cobot was able to adapt to human safety constraints. This adaptation led participants to expose themselves to fewer risks. Also, contrary to previous findings, experts had a similar score of acceptability than non-experts.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This laboratory experiment is a proof of concept demonstrating that using a cobotic solution could potentially assist humans in supporting high-risk work operations.</div></div><div><h3>Application</h3><div>Cobotic system designers and work designers could benefit from this research's exploratory results when supporting the design of constraints in workstations for high-risk work operations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 104472"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143170268","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}

{"title":"Effects of 24-weeks in-field use of a back-supporting exoskeleton on biomechanics, work intensity and musculoskeletal discomfort: A randomized controlled trial among logistic workers","authors":"L. Schrøder Jakobsen ,&nbsp;A. Samani ,&nbsp;K. Desbrosses ,&nbsp;M. de Zee ,&nbsp;B. Steinhilber ,&nbsp;P. Madeleine","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104469","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104469","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The trial investigated the impact of a back-supporting exoskeleton (BSE) on biomechanics, work intensity, and musculoskeletal discomfort among logistic-workers over 24-weeks in a field-setting. Twenty workers were randomized into intervention and control groups, performing daily order-picking with and without the BSE, respectively. Effects on muscles activity and kinematics were measured during standardized tasks before and after the intervention period, while work intensity and musculoskeletal discomfort were rated throughout the intervention period. The results indicated significant reductions in back muscle activity during lifting tasks with BSE assistance before and after 24-weeks. Although three BSE users stopped using the exoskeleton during the intervention period, the remaining workers progressively increased their daily BSE use associated with an overall decrease in perceived work intensity throughout the 24-weeks. The trial suggests that the effect of the BSE on back muscle activity remains constant over 24-weeks, opposite what was hypothesized based on previous research on training.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"125 ","pages":"Article 104469"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143170269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}