Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers

International Conference, EHAWC 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009. Proceedings

  • Ben-Tzion Karsh
Conference proceedings EHAWC 2009

Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 5624)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
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  2. Ergonomics and Health in the Workplace

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Effects of the Workplace Game: A Case-Study into Anticipating Future Behavior of Office Workers
      Annelise de Jong, Merlijn Kouprie, Evi De Bruyne
      Pages 3-12
    3. Management Support and Worksite Health Promotion Program Effectiveness
      David M. DeJoy, Heather M. Bowen, Kristin M. Baker, Bethany H. Bynum, Mark G. Wilson, Ron Z. Goetzel et al.
      Pages 13-22
    4. Usage of Office Chair Adjustments and Controls by Workers Having Shared and Owned Work Spaces
      Liesbeth Groenesteijn, Merle Blok, Margriet Formanoy, Elsbeth de Korte, Peter Vink
      Pages 23-28
    5. Health Promoting Leadership: The Mediating Role of an Organizational Health Culture
      Jochen Gurt, Gabriele Elke
      Pages 29-38
    6. Increasing Information Worker Productivity through Information Work Infrastructure
      Udo-Ernst Haner, Jörg Kelter, Wilhelm Bauer, Stefan Rief
      Pages 39-48
    7. Merging Virtual and Real Worlds – Holistic Concepts for the Office of the Future
      Hermann Hartenthaler
      Pages 49-55
    8. The Relationship between Working Conditions and Musculoskeletal/Ergonomic Disorders in a Manufacturing Facility – A Longitudinal Research Study
      Dennis R. Jones
      Pages 56-60
    9. Measuring Support for Health in Offshore Environments
      Kathryn Mearns, Tom Reader
      Pages 61-69
    10. Understanding Patient User Experience in Obstetric Work Systems
      Enid N. H. Montague
      Pages 70-77
    11. Unique Stressors of Cross-Cultural Collaboration through ICTs in Virtual Teams
      Niina Nurmi
      Pages 78-87
    12. Examining the Effects of Workstation Design Satisfaction, Computer Usage, Supervisory and Co-worker Support on Perceived Physical Discomfort and Psychosocial Factors
      Michelle Robertson, Emily Huang, Nancy Larson
      Pages 88-94
    13. Defeating Back Pain at the Workplace: Results of the "Healthy Back" Program
      Christian Schwennen, Bernhard Zimolong
      Pages 95-104
    14. Using the ‘Balance Model’ for Occupational Safety and Health Promotion
      Michael J. Smith, Pascale Carayon
      Pages 105-114
    15. Varying the Office Work Posture between Standing, Half-Standing and Sitting Results in Less Discomfort
      Peter Vink, Ineke Konijn, Ben Jongejan, Monique Berger
      Pages 115-120
    16. A Person-Centered Measurement System for Quantification of Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure at Workplaces
      Britta Weber, Ingo Hermanns, Rolf Ellegast, Jens Kleinert
      Pages 121-130
    17. Management of Work Site Health-Promotion Programs: A Review
      Bernhard Zimolong, Gabriele Elke
      Pages 131-140

  3. New Trends in Ergonomics

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 141-141
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    2. Development of Portable Robotic Operation Terminals to Achieve Increased Safety and Usability and a Study on the Effectiveness of Wireless Terminals
      Hidetoshi Fukui, Satoshi Yonejima, Masatake Yamano, Masao Dohi, Tomonori Nishiki, Mariko Yamada et al.
      Pages 143-152

About these proceedings

Introduction

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers, EHAWC 2009, held in San Diego, CA, USA in July 2009 in the framework of the 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2009.

This volume contains 33 papers in the tematic area of Ergonomics and Health in the Workplace, New Trends in Ergonomics, as well as Interaction Devices and Environments.

Keywords

e-health ergonomics evaluation haptic interfaces human-computer interaction (HCI) information interfaces natural language pattern recognition systems management ubiquitous computing voice recognition

Editors and affiliations

  • Ben-Tzion Karsh
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Industrial and Systems EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02731-4
  • Copyright Information Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
  • Publisher Name Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
  • eBook Packages Computer Science
  • Print ISBN 978-3-642-02730-7
  • Online ISBN 978-3-642-02731-4
  • Series Print ISSN 0302-9743
  • Series Online ISSN 1611-3349
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