Trends in workplace wearable technologies and connected‐worker solutions for next‐generation occupational safety, health, and productivity

V Patel, A Chesmore, CM Legner… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The workplace influences the safety, health, and productivity of workers at multiple levels. To
protect and promote total worker health, smart hardware, and software tools have emerged …

Wearable technology and consumer interaction: A systematic review and research agenda

JJ Ferreira, CI Fernandes, HG Rammal… - Computers in human …, 2021 - Elsevier
There has been exponential growth is the use of wearable technology, and these are now
considered to be of critical importance in certain consumer goods and services sectors …

Wearable sensing technology applications in construction safety and health

CR Ahn, SH Lee, C Sun, H Jebelli, K Yang… - Journal of Construction …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
The advent of wearable sensing technologies has produced unprecedented opportunities
for the near real-time collection and analysis of workers' safety and health data. To …

Wearable motion capture devices for the prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in ergonomics—an overview of current applications, challenges, and …

CM Lind, F Abtahi, M Forsman - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are a major contributor to disability
worldwide and substantial societal costs. The use of wearable motion capture instruments …

[HTML][HTML] Employee acceptance of wearable technology in the workplace

JV Jacobs, LJ Hettinger, YH Huang, S Jeffries… - Applied ergonomics, 2019 - Elsevier
Wearable technology has many industrial applications. Optimal use adherence and
outcomes largely depend on employee acceptance of the technology. This study determined …

Utilizing emerging technologies for construction safety risk mitigation

I Okpala, C Nnaji, AA Karakhan - Practice Periodical on Structural …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Despite the use of traditional and novel approaches to improve construction safety
management, safety performance in the construction industry is still considered poor …

Self-tracking behaviour in physical activity: a systematic review of drivers and outcomes of fitness tracking

D Jin, H Halvari, N Maehle… - Behaviour & Information …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Advances in technologies (eg smartphones, wearables) have resulted in the concept of 'self-
tracking', and the use of self-tracking technologies in physical activity (ie fitness tracking) is …

Physiolytics at the workplace: Affordances and constraints of wearables use from an employee's perspective

T Mettler, J Wulf - Information Systems Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wearables paired with data analytics and machine learning algorithms that measure
physiological (and other) parameters are slowly finding their way into our workplace …

Industrial exoskeletons: Need for intervention effectiveness research

J Howard, VV Murashov, BD Lowe… - American journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Exoskeleton devices are being introduced across several industry sectors to augment,
amplify, or reinforce the performance of a worker's existing body components—primarily the …

A data analytic framework for physical fatigue management using wearable sensors

ZS Maman, YJ Chen, A Baghdadi, S Lombardo… - Expert Systems with …, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of expert systems in optimizing and transforming human performance has been
limited in practice due to the lack of understanding of how an individual's performance …