Improving a vehicle driver's performance decreases the damage caused by, and chances of,
road accidents. In recent decades, engineers and researchers have proposed several …

Drowsiness in drivers has become a serious cause of concern due to the occurrences of a
large number of fatalities on the road each year. Lives of pedestrians and passengers are …

Failure to maintain the required or expected force, defined as muscle fatigue, is
accompanied by changes in muscle electrical activity. Although studied for a long time …

Background: In order to reduce the risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs)
several methods have been developed, accepted by the international literature and used in …

We developed an upper-limb power-assist exoskeleton actuated by pneumatic muscles. The
exoskeleton included two metal links: a nylon joint, four size-adjustable carbon fiber bracers …

Surface electromyography offers a valuable tool for the indication of muscular fatigue in
occupational field studies. For this purpose, the time course of the electromyogram (EMG) …

After a general introduction on the kind of models and the use of models in the natural
sciences, the main body of this paper reviews potential properties of structure based surface …

Surface electromyography (SEMG) is an important tool for work load assessment in
ergonomics. Several different approaches using amplitude as well as frequency parameters …

Background Prolonged sitting at work can lead to adverse health outcomes. The health risk
of office workers is an increasing concern for the society and industry, with prolonged sitting …

Fatigue is associated with increased rates of medical errors and healthcare worker injuries,
yet existing research in this sector has not considered multiple dimensions of fatigue …