Ergonomics and health aspects of work with computers : international conference, EHAWC 2007, held as part of HCI International 2007, Beijing, China, July 22 - 27 ; proceedings

Part I: Health and Well Being in the Working Environment Can Visual Discomfort Influence on Muscle Pain and Muscle Load for Visual Display Unit (VDU) Workers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Arne Aar¢ھas, G. Horgen, and M. Helland Neuromuscular Principles in the Visual System and Their Potential Role in Visual Discomfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 J. Richard Bruenech and Inga-Britt Kjellevold Haugen Forget About Aesthetics in Chair Design: Ergonomics Should Provide the Basis for Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Marvin Dainoff, Leonard Mark, Lin Ye, and Milena Petrovic Effects of the Office Environment on Health and Productivity 1: Auditory and Visual Distraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Elsbeth de Korte, Lottie Kuijt-Evers, and Peter Vink Effects of Using Dynamic Office Chairs on Posture and EMG in Standardized Office Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Rolf Ellegast, Rene Hamburger, Kathrin Keller, Frank Krause, Liesbeth Groenesteijn, Peter Vink, and Helmut Berger Video Display Terminals and Neck Pain: When Ophthalmology Explains the Failure of Biomechanical Intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Elvio Ferreira Jr., Karina dos Santos Rocha Ferreira, and Graziela dos Santos Rocha Ferreira Performance Monitoring, Supervisory Support, and Job Characteristics and Their Impact on Employee Well-Being Amongst Four Samples of Call Centre Agents in South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 James Fisher, Karen Miller, and Andrew Thatcher Mechanisms for Work Related Disorders Among Computer Workers . . . . 57 Mikael Forsman and Stefan Thorn Do Background Luminance Levels or Character Size Effect the Eye Blink Rate During Visual Display Unit (VDU) Work . Comparing Young Adults with Presbyopes? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Magne Helland, Gunnar Horgen, Tor Martin Kvikstad, and Arne Aar¢ھas XVI Table of Contents Do the Luminance Levels of the Surroundings of Visual Display Units (VDU) and the Size of the Characters on the Screen Effect the Accommodation, the Muscle Load and Productivity During VDU Work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Gunnar Horgen, Magne Helland, Tor Martin Kvikstad, and Arne Aar¢ھas Complexity and Workload Factors in Virtual Work Environments of Mobile Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Ursula Hyrkk،§anen, Ari Putkonen, and Matti Vartiainen A Study of Personal Space in Communicating Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Shigeyoshi Iizuka, Yusuke Goto, and Katsuhiko Ogawa Musculoskeletal and Performance Effects of Monocular Display Augmented, Articulated Arm Based Laser Digitizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Neil Littell, Kari Babski-Reeves, Gary McFadyen, and John McGinley Work Environment and Health Effects of Operators at Light-on-Test Process in TFT-LCD Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Chih-Wei Lu, Jiunn-Woei Sheen, Shin-Bin Su, Shu-Chun Kuo, Yu-Ting Yang, and Chein-Wen Kuo Techno Stress: A Study Among Academic and Non Academic Staff . . . . . 118 Raja Zirwatul Aida Raja Ibrahim, Azlina Abu Bakar, and Siti Balqis Md Nor Call Centres in the Domain of Telecommunications: Ergonomic Issues for Well-Being Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Alessandra Re and Enrica Fubini Health and Performance Consequences of Office Ergonomic Interventions Among Computer Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Michelle M. Robertson Splint Effect on the Range of Wrist Motion and Typing Performance . . . 144 Yuh-Chuan Shih and Bi-Fen Tsai The Impact of VDU Tasks and Continuous Feedback on Arousal and Well-Being: Preliminary Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Michel Varkevisser and David V. Keyson Effects of the Office Environment on Health and Productivity 1: Effects of Coffee Corner Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Peter Vink, Elsbeth de Korte, Merle Blok, and Liesbeth Groenesteijn Guerilla Ergonomics: Perceiving the Affordances for Workplace Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Lin Ye, Milena Petrovic, Marvin J. Dainoff, and Leonard S. Mark Table of Contents XVII Part II: Ergonomics and Design Constraints on Demarcating Left and Right Areas in Designing of a Performance-Based Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Hyeg Joo Choi, Leonard S. Mark, Marvin J. Dainoff, and Lin Ye Design of an Adaptive Feedback Based Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Mauro Dell،¯Amico, Stefano Marzani, Luca Minin, Roberto Montanari, Francesco Tesauri, Michele Mariani, Cristina Iani, and Fabio Tango Virtual Reality in the Study of Warnings Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 M. Em¢¥©¥lia C. Duarte and F. Rebelo An Interactive System to Measure the Human Behaviour: An Analysis Model for the Human-Product-Environment Interaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Ernesto Filgueiras and Francisco Rebelo Computer, Television and Playstation Use in Developmental Age: Friends or Enemies of Growth and Health? Study on a Northern Italy Sample 6-14 Year Old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Enrica Fubini, Margherita Micheletti Cremasco, and Elisabetta Toscano Ergonomic Requirements for Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Ulrike M. Hoehne-Hueckstaedt, Sandra Keller Chandra, and Rolf P. Ellegast Factors Relating to Computer Use for People with Mental Illness . . . . . . 225 Yan-hua Huang, Ching-yi Wu, Tzyh-chyang Chang, Yen-ju Lai, and Wen-shuan Lee A Biomechanical Analysis System to Evaluate Physical Usability of Kimchi Refrigerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Inseok Lee, Jae Hee Park, Tae-Joo Park, and Jae Hyun Choi An Experimental Study on Physiological Parameters Toward Driver Emotion Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 H. Leng, Y. Lin, and L.A. Zanzi A Kinematic Analysis of Directional Effects on Trackball Mouse Control in Novel Normal Users: An Alternating Treatments Single Subject Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Ling-Fu Meng, Ming Chung Chen, Chi Nung Chu, Chiu Ping Lu, Ting Fang Wu, Ching-Ying Yang, and Jing-Yeah Lo An Evaluation Study for a 3D Input Device Based on Ergonomic Design Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Tobias Nowack, Stefan Lutherdt, Torsten Gramsch, and Peter Kurtz XVIII Table of Contents Investigation and Implementation of the Advanced Wireless Medical Registration Solution in China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Yue Ouyang, Shanghong Li, Xiupeng Chen, and Guixia Kang Effectiveness of Multimedia Systems in Children،¯s Education . . . . . . . . . . 274 Francisco Rebelo and Ernesto Filgueiras An Expert System to Support Clothing Design Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Michele Santos and Francisco Rebelo Interaction and Ergonomics Issues in the Development of a Mixed Reality Construction Machinery Simulator for Safety Training . . . . . . . . . 290 ¢¥ Alvaro Segura, Aitor Moreno, Gino Brunetti, and Thomas Henn Performance Improvement of Pulse Oximetry-Based Respiration Detection by Selective Mode Bandpass Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Hojune Seo, Sangbae Jeong, Jinha Kim, Seunghun Park, and Minsoo Hahn Development of Electric Wheelchair with Operational Force Detecting Interface for Persons with Becker،¯s Muscular Dystrophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Motoki Shino, Takenobu Inoue, and Minoru Kamata How Users with RSI Review the Usability of Notebook Input Devices . . . 319 Christine Sutter Dynamic Mouse Speed Scheme Design Based on Trajectory Analysis . . . 329 Kuo-Hao Tang and Yueh-Hua Lee Problematic Internet Use in South African Information Technology Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Andrew Thatcher, Gisela Wretschko, and James Fisher A Novel Design for an Ultra-Large Screen Display for Industrial Process Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 ¨ھystein Veland and Malvin Eik¢ھas Methodology to Apply a Usability Testing by Non Specialized People: Evaluation of the European Platform ،°e-Exhibitions،± . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Elis.angela Vilar, Ernesto Filgueiras, and Francisco Rebelo Evaluation of Guiard،¯s Theory of Bimanual Control for Navigation and Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Xu Xia, Pourang Irani, and Jing Wang Evaluation Approach for Post-stroke Rehabilitation Via Virtual Reality Aided Motor Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 Shih-Ching Yeh, Jill Stewart, Margaret McLaughlin, Thomas Parsons, Carolee J. Winstein, and Albert Rizzo