Overview
- Discusses human body's responses to physical and physiological work demands
- Identifies ergonomic risk factors in the workplace
- Describes new methods to assess and control risks in the workplace
- Explores critical aspects in the design of any human-centered technological system
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC, volume 602)
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Conference proceedings info: AHFE 2017.
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Table of contents (51 papers)
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Biomechanics and Ergonomic Modeling
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Ergonomic Evaluation and Interventions
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Advances in The Human Side of Service Engineering
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Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design
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Advances in Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering
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Advances in Design for Inclusion
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Advances in Ergonomics in Design
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Advances in Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance
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Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices
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Advances in Human Factors in Simulation and Modeling
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Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction
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Advances in Human Factors in Cybersecurity
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Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Leadership
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Advances in Human Factors in Robots and Unmanned Systems
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Advances in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences
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Advances in Human Factors, Software, and Systems Engineering
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Advances in Human Factors in Energy: Oil, Gas, Nuclear and Electric Power Industries
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Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure
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Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors
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Advances in Human Factors in Sports, Injury Prevention and Outdoor Recreation
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Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors
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Advances in Social & Occupational Ergonomics
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Advances in Ergonomics of Manufacturing: Managing the Enterprise of the Future
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Advances in Usability and User Experience
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Advances in Human Factors in Wearable Technologies and Game Design
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Advances in Communication of Design
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Advances in Cross-Cultural Decision Making
Keywords
- Repetitive Strain Injuries
- Repetitive Motion
- Repetitive Stress Injuries
- Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD)
- Human Performance Data
- Anthropometry
- Inclusive Design
- Occupational Health And Safety
- Fatigue and Stress
- Risk Minimization
- Workplace Safety
- Postural Stress Analysis
- Biomechanical Analysis
- Occupational Health
- Injury Prevention
- Low Back Pain
- Human-Centered Technologies
- Injury Prevention
- Fuzzy Modeling Of Stresses
- AHFE Physical Ergonomicsproceedings
About this book
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors, July 17-21, 2017, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Editors: Ravindra S. Goonetilleke, Waldemar Karwowski
Series Title: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60825-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60824-2Published: 26 June 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60825-9Published: 22 June 2017
Series ISSN: 2194-5357
Series E-ISSN: 2194-5365
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 505
Number of Illustrations: 186 b/w illustrations
Topics: Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Engineering Design, Computational Intelligence, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction