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Schrijvershof, Pim (author), Rahimi, A. Masie (author), Leone, Nicola (author), Bloemendaal, Alexander (author), Daams, Freek (author), Arezzo, Alberto (author), Mintz, Yoav (author), Horeman, T. (author)Surgeons performing robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery experience physical stress and overuse of shoulder muscles due to sub-optimal arm support during surgery. The objective is to present a novel design and prototype of a dynamic arm support for robotic laparoscopic surgery to evaluate its ergonomics and performance on the AdLap-VR...journal article 2024
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Azadi, S. (author), Bai, N. (author), Nourian, Pirouz (author)How can we assess the ergonomic comfort of a sizeable spatial configuration such as the indoor space of a complex building or an urban landscape when we design, plan, and manage the space? Is there a fundamental difference between indoor [architectural] spatial configurations and outdoor [urban] spatial configurations with respect to ergonomics?...journal article 2024
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Ipaki, Bahram (author), Molenbroek, J.F.M. (author), Merrikhpour, Zahra (author), Faregh, Seyed Ali (author)BACKGROUND: The Quick Exposure Check (QEC) assesses four major body parts and engages users in assessing some physical interactions relevant to design in task analysis. OBJECTIVE: In this paper, we investigated the application of QEC as the ergonomic intervention to detect pre-production ergonomic design faults in the apple sorting machine by...journal article 2023
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Yao, X. (author), Yang, Y. (author), Vledder, G. (author), Xu, J. (author), Song, Y. (author), Vink, P. (author)Wearables are used to recognize human activities in various applications. However, there is limited evidence on the comfort feelings in using wearables, which is crucial for the adoption and long-term engagement of users in those applications. In this paper, we propose the concept of comfort wearables in the context of in-flight posture...journal article 2023
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Yalcin Kavus, Bahar (author), Gülüm Taş, P. (author), Taskin, Alev (author)Non-ergonomic working conditions are the leading causes of musculoskeletal disorders that seriously affect human health. REBA is widely used tool due to its convenience and consideration of all body parts. However, it heavily relies on the subjective judgments of the assessor, leading to inconsistencies in results, and lacks sensitivity in...journal article 2023
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Thirani, Kushal (author), Abbink, D.A. (author), Peternel, L. (author)This paper studies non-physical feedback mechanisms to guide human workers toward ergonomic body postures. Specifically, the focus is to solve the tasks that involve no direct physical interaction between the human and the robotic system, therefore tactile guidance by the robot body is not feasible. We propose a multi-modal ergonomic posture...conference paper 2023
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de Bruin, R. (author), Castellucci, Héctor I. (author)The chairs' editorial for the theme track 'Sound and Design'journal article 2022
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Quy Nguyen-Phuoc, Duy (author), An Ngoc Nguyen, Nguyen (author), Nguyen Hoang Minh, M. (author), Ngoc Thi Nguyen, Ly (author), Oviedo-Trespalacios, O. (author)On-demand food delivery involves transport services based on gig-economy models. Food delivery services rely on motorcycles in many jurisdictions, resulting in safety risks. Motorcycles are generally-two-wheeled and therefore inherently unstable. They also lack rider restraint or roll cage to minimise the consequences of a collision. Given the...journal article 2022
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Berrio, Shyrle (author), Barrero, Lope H. (author), Zambrano, Laura (author), Papadimitriou, E. (author)Comprehension of traffic signs is important to road safety. This review aims to study the extent to which road users in different countries comprehend traffic signs and to identify which ergonomic principles in traffic sign design can affect the levels of comprehension. We conducted an extensive literature review dealing with comprehension of...review 2022
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Wang, G. (author)According to Person-Centred Care, as far as possible, people with dementia should be cared for in a way that takes into account their personality, life experiences and preferences. Personalisation is hence the core of Person-Centred Care, yet the approaches, recommendations and tools are lacking for this purpose. Therefore, the author...doctoral thesis 2021
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Culmone, C. (author), Lussenburg, K.M. (author), Alkemade, J.P.E. (author), Smit, G. (author), Sakes, A. (author), Breedveld, P. (author)In the field of medical instruments, additive manufacturing allows for a drastic reduction in the number of components while improving the functionalities of the final design. In addition, modifications for users’ needs or specific procedures become possible by enabling the production of single customized items. In this work, we present the...journal article 2021
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Peternel, L. (author), Tofte Schon, Daniel (author), Fang, Cheng (author)Ergonomics of human workers is one of the key elements in design and evaluation of production processes. Human ergonomics have a major impact on productivity as well as chronic health risks incurred by inappropriate working postures and conditions. In this paper we propose a novel method for estimating and communicating the ergonomic work...journal article 2021
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de Winter, J.C.F. (author), Hancock, P. A. (author)We review the theoretical foundation for the need for human factors science. Over the past 2.8 million years, humans and tools have co-evolved. However, in the last century, technology is introduced at a rate that exceeds human evolution. The proliferation of computers and, more recently, robots, introduces new cognitive demands, as the human...review 2021
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Wang, G. (author), Albayrak, A. (author), Hogervorst, Eef (author), van der Cammen, T.J.M. (author)Personalisation is a crucial element in providing person-centred care for people with de-mentia. This paper presents the development and evaluation of a design toolkit to facilitate the work of designers and healthcare professionals in personalising dementia care. This toolkit, named “Know-me”, was grounded in the findings of Ergonomics in...journal article 2021
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Werner, Nicole E. (author), Tong, Michelle (author), Nathan-Roberts, Dan (author), Arnott Smith, Catherine (author), Tredinnick, Ross (author), Ponto, Kevin (author), Melles, M. (author), Hoonakker, Peter (author)We used a sociotechnical systems approach-which conceptualizes a system of interacting people, technologies, and tasks, to identify individual differences in personal health information management (PHIM) that can inform the design of patient-friendly environments, tools, and technologies. We conducted a secondary thematic analysis of data...journal article 2020
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De Klerk, Rick (author), Vegter, Riemer Jakobs K. (author), Goosey-Tolfrey, Vicky L. (author), Mason, Barry S. (author), Lenton, John P. (author), Veeger, H.E.J. (author), van der Woude, L.H.V. (author)There are many ways to simulate handrim wheelchair propulsion in the laboratory. Ideally, these would be able to, at least mechanically, simulate field conditions. This narrative review provides an overview of the lab-based equipment used in published research and critically assesses their ability to simulate and measure wheelchair propulsion...journal article 2020
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De Klerk, Rick (author), Vegter, Riemer J.K. (author), Leving, Marika T. (author), de Groot, Sonja (author), Veeger, H.E.J. (author), van der Woude, Lucas H.V. (author)The use of a manual wheelchair is critical to 1% of the world's population. Human powered wheeled mobility research has considerably matured, which has led to improved research techniques becoming available over the last decades. To increase the understanding of wheeled mobility performance, monitoring, training, skill acquisition, and...journal article 2020
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Lee, W. (author), Kim, Jin-Gyun (author), Molenbroek, J.F.M. (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author), You, Heecheon (author)A 3D head and face scan data can be usefully applied in the ergonomic design of a wearable product such as an oxygen mask or a virtual reality (VR) headset to support the safety as well as comfort for a certain amount of a target population. This study is aimed to develop analysis and design methods of an ergonomic facial wearable products (e.g....conference paper 2020
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- van der Cammen, T.J.M. (author), Wang, G. (author), Albayrak, A. (author) contribution to periodical 2019
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Jellema, A.H. (author), Galloin, Evan (author), Massé, Benoît (author), Ruiter, I.A. (author), Molenbroek, J.F.M. (author), Huysmans, T. (author)The Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of the Delft University of Technology offers a bachelor’s degree education programme and three master’s programmes. Our students are lectured in ergonomics and learn to design and conduct research in ergonomics. In this paper we describe the development of methods to realise ergonomic fit mapping...conference paper 2019