{"title":"Introduction to the Festschrift for Professor Thomas J. Armstrong.","authors":"Robert G Radwin, Sheryl S Ulin","doi":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2563476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24725838.2025.2563476","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73332,"journal":{"name":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","volume":"13 4","pages":"217-219"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145544040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foundations of Occupational Ergonomics Programs: Two Pioneering Case Studies from the Early 1980s.","authors":"James D McGlothlin, Bradley S Joseph","doi":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2558870","DOIUrl":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2558870","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73332,"journal":{"name":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","volume":" ","pages":"278-289"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145446729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biomechanical Models for Estimating Hand Forces When Manually Moving Inert Objects.","authors":"David Rempel","doi":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2465398","DOIUrl":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2465398","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSHand forces during material handling can be measured or estimated using different methods, including the application of biomechanical models. Biomechanical models for estimating hand forces are reviewed. These models consider object weight, type of lift (e.g., one- or two-handed), grip and arm posture, speed of movement, and object surface material. Case studies are presented that compare estimated hand forces to hazard assessment guideline threshold limits. Biomechanical models can predict the applied hand forces during material handling, but selecting the appropriate model depends on the type of grip, the speed of movement, the object weight, and other factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":73332,"journal":{"name":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","volume":" ","pages":"238-249"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143560193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew Ball, Patrick Fuller, Corbin Goodwin, Nicholas Anton, Dimitrios I Athanasiadis, Edward Hernandez, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Denny Yu, Jackie S Cha
{"title":"Objective and Subjective Evaluation of Non-Technical Skills and Technical Leadership Skills During Simulated Critical Care Scenarios.","authors":"Matthew Ball, Patrick Fuller, Corbin Goodwin, Nicholas Anton, Dimitrios I Athanasiadis, Edward Hernandez, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Denny Yu, Jackie S Cha","doi":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2551536","DOIUrl":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2551536","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSThe analysis of communication, attention, and cognitive engagement relative to leadership and non-technical skills (NTS) is important for understanding the team dynamic within clinical settings. We found negative correlations between passive communication (receiving information instead of dictating information) and leadership scores, suggesting that passive leadership traits lead to weaker technical leadership performance. Additionally, continuously sharing goals and providing affirmations to patients had positive relationships with leadership scores. These concepts should be utilized by leaders, as the dissemination of information to team members and consistent care and respect for patients can lead to a safer clinical environment. Relationships of eye-tracking and brain activity metrics to leadership scores indicated strong leadership was associated with awareness of struggling team members and decisiveness. Overall, passive leadership, such as indecisiveness, passive communication, and cognitive overload, show a negative relationship with non-technical skills and technical leadership skills in clinical care environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":73332,"journal":{"name":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","volume":" ","pages":"264-277"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144994465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strategies to Reduce Fall Severity after a Perturbation during Ladder Climbing.","authors":"Erika M Pliner, Kurt E Beschorner, Na Jin Seo","doi":"10.1080/24725838.2024.2420722","DOIUrl":"10.1080/24725838.2024.2420722","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSFalls from ladders remain a significant cause of injuries in workplaces as well as residential settings. While recent research reveals factors related to fall severity from a ladder, strategies that workers can adopt to minimize fall severity are not well understood. Results from our current study indicated that increased upper limb strength, achieving a higher hand hold, and controlled reestablishment of the foot on the rung have summative benefits to reduce fall severity and increase recovery from a misstep perturbation. Ensuring adequate upper limb strength among workers, and training workers to climb ladders leading with hand placement during ascent and foot placement during descent, can facilitate these beneficial strategies to arrest a ladder fall.</p>","PeriodicalId":73332,"journal":{"name":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","volume":" ","pages":"229-237"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12056126/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142607736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Surveying Holistic Well-Being for Work from Home Employees: Insights for Organizational Practices.","authors":"Yifan Li, Jess Francis-Levin, Isabelle German","doi":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2524778","DOIUrl":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2524778","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSThe COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted workers and work. As Work from Home (WFH) modalities become more widely utilized, employers and workers alike face new benefits and challenges. The key aim of this report is to better understand the impact of WFH on the well-being of workers and identify potential risks of the WFH environment for this population subset. Using the NIOSH Worker Well-Being Questionnaire (WellBQ) tool, we quantified worker's well-being across five categories defined by the tool. Scores from individual items within these categories were then evaluated across different demographic factors (age, gender, education level, income, and WFH level) to better understand the implications of the WFH modality for the diverse WFH workforce. Evaluating well-being against the demographic scores may shed light on groups that need additional support, resources and tools to perform their work and remain in good health.</p>","PeriodicalId":73332,"journal":{"name":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","volume":" ","pages":"250-255"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13296678/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144577138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Object Manipulation in Physically Constrained Workplaces: Remote Collaboration with Extended Reality.","authors":"Allison Bayro, Hongju Moon, Yalda Ghasemi, Heejin Jeong, Jae Yeol Lee","doi":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2484731","DOIUrl":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2484731","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSAs extended reality (XR) technologies continue to evolve, their use in remote collaboration and workplaces with physical limitations offers opportunities to improve ergonomics and efficiency. In this study, we explored how virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) systems impact users' sense of presence, perceived workload, object manipulation, and physiological responses in remote collaboration settings with movement constraints. We found that VR-based collaboration enhanced the sense of presence and reduced the need for physical movement compared to MR. Specifically, features such as a thumbstick button enabled teleportation in VR to help minimize physical strain. In contrast, MR systems led to higher objective and subjective measures of physical demands, suggesting greater strain and potential fatigue from ongoing physical interactions. Our findings highlight the importance of designing XR systems that balance productivity with worker well-being, particularly in environments that require physical adaptability.</p>","PeriodicalId":73332,"journal":{"name":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","volume":" ","pages":"177-190"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143766065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Subtle Kinematic Changes During One-Arm Pulling and Their Implications on Upper Extremity and Trunk Moments.","authors":"Kevin D Kos, Daanish M Mulla, Peter J Keir","doi":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2466200","DOIUrl":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2466200","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSSmall deviations in individual joint angles (<5°) simulated using a simple probabilistic computational model resulted in significant and meaningful changes in upper limb and trunk joint moments, by up to 20% of mean population joint strength. Moment tradeoffs between the upper extremity and trunk were also observed and depended upon work height and individual anthropometrics. Our work challenges the common practice of ergonomists and human factors practitioners to analyze task demands based on one representative posture. We recommend practitioners instead consider variability in adopted postures, as captured by monitoring worker kinematics over the course of a day. The sensitivity of joint demands to small postural changes also underscores the need for using reliable kinematic measurement tools in the field, since results from ergonomic analyses and consequently decision-making can be susceptible to large discrepancies despite small differences in postural inputs.</p>","PeriodicalId":73332,"journal":{"name":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","volume":" ","pages":"151-164"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143469912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"User Experiences and Adoption Factors for a Back-Support Exosuit in Automotive Logistics: Results from Field Testing up to 18 Months.","authors":"Sunwook Kim, Ryan Porto, Maury A Nussbaum","doi":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2491485","DOIUrl":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2491485","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Occupational ApplicationsWe interviewed 24 automotive logistic workers who had used (or stopped using) a soft back-support exoskeleton (exosuit). These workers generally recognized potentially benefits of back-support exosuits, with 11 continuing use. Their use was primarily influenced by usability, compatibility, and comfort factors. We found wide variability in use patterns and adaptation periods, and that there were specific design concerns and concerns regarding thermal discomfort. To enhance long-term adoption of exosuits in industrial settings, organizations should consider: 1) implementing flexible, individualized training programs addressing specific usability challenges; 2) adopting a voluntary approach accommodating varied adaptation needs; 3) providing comprehensive education on potential health benefits; 4) using peer demonstrations to promote acceptance; and 5) collaborating with manufacturers to improve designs based on user feedback. These strategies may help enhance acceptance and sustained use of exosuits, potentially contributing to more effective support for occupational health during manual material handling tasks.</p>","PeriodicalId":73332,"journal":{"name":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","volume":" ","pages":"191-199"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143999667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francis Baek, Daeho Kim, Julia Penfield, Rick Barker, SangHyun Lee
{"title":"Vision-Based Computing Pipeline for Recognizing Hand Grip-Types During Tool Handling.","authors":"Francis Baek, Daeho Kim, Julia Penfield, Rick Barker, SangHyun Lee","doi":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2536783","DOIUrl":"10.1080/24725838.2025.2536783","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSHands are frequently exposed to the risks of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) due to their involvement in tool handling. We propose a computer vision-based pipeline that can accurately recognize the types of hand grips during tool handling using monocular red, green, and blue (RGB) images. While the predominant methods for hand ergonomics assessments require considerable training for practitioners, the proposed pipeline can facilitate assessments by providing crucial information, such as grip types, duration, and repetition, in a continuous and noninvasive manner. The proposed pipeline could support preventative measures, early diagnosis, and effective treatments for hand-related MSDs in workspaces. Additionally, the simple setup of the proposed pipeline can be integrated with other ergonomics assessment tools that are not limited to the hands, contributing to a more comprehensive analysis of MSD risks across body parts.</p>","PeriodicalId":73332,"journal":{"name":"IISE transactions on occupational ergonomics and human factors","volume":" ","pages":"200-215"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144762495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}