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

Part I: Ergonomics and Health in the Workplace Effects of the Workplace Game: A Case-Study into Anticipating Future Behavior of Office Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Annelise de Jong, Merlijn Kouprie, and Evi De Bruyne Management Support and Worksite Health Promotion Program Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 David M. DeJoy, Heather M. Bowen, Kristin M. Baker, Bethany H. Bynum, Mark G. Wilson, Ron Z. Goetzel, and Rod K. Dishman Usage of Office Chair Adjustments and Controls by Workers Having Shared and Owned Work Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Liesbeth Groenesteijn, Merle Blok, Margriet Formanoy, Elsbeth de Korte, and Peter Vink Health Promoting Leadership: The Mediating Role of an Organizational Health Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Jochen Gurt and Gabriele Elke Increasing Information Worker Productivity through Information Work Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Udo-Ernst Haner, J¨org Kelter, Wilhelm Bauer, and Stefan Rief Merging Virtual and Real Worlds – Holistic Concepts for the Office of the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Hermann Hartenthaler The Relationship between Working Conditions and Musculoskeletal/Ergonomic Disorders in a Manufacturing Facility – A Longitudinal Research Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Dennis R. Jones Measuring Support for Health in Offshore Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Kathryn Mearns and Tom Reader Understanding Patient User Experience in Obstetric Work Systems . . . . 70 Enid N.H. Montague Unique Stressors of Cross-Cultural Collaboration through ICTs in Virtual Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Niina Nurmi XVI Table of Contents Examining the Effects of Workstation Design Satisfaction, Computer Usage, Supervisory and Co-worker Support on Perceived Physical Discomfort and Psychosocial Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Michelle Robertson, Emily Huang, and Nancy Larson Defeating Back Pain at the Workplace: Results of the “Healthy Back” Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Christian Schwennen and Bernhard Zimolong Using the ‘Balance Model’ for Occupational Safety and Health Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Michael J. Smith and Pascale Carayon Varying the Office Work Posture between Standing, Half-Standing and Sitting Results in Less Discomfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Peter Vink, Ineke Konijn, Ben Jongejan, and Monique Berger A Person-Centered Measurement System for Quantification of Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure at Workplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Britta Weber, Ingo Hermanns, Rolf Ellegast, and Jens Kleinert Management of Work Site Health-Promotion Programs: A Review . . . . . 131 Bernhard Zimolong and Gabriele Elke Part II: New Trends in Ergonomics Development of Portable Robotic Operation Terminals to Achieve Increased Safety and Usability and a Study on the Effectiveness of Wireless Terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Hidetoshi Fukui, Satoshi Yonejima, Masatake Yamano, Masao Dohi, Tomonori Nishiki, Mariko Yamada, and Toshihiro Fujita Participatory Ergonomics as a Method of Quality Improvement in Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Malgorzata Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek What Is Prospective Ergonomics? A Reflection and a Position on the Future of Ergonomics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Jean-Marc Robert and Eric Brangier Improving in-Vehicle Display and Control Design for Older Drivers . . . . . 170 Jaeheok Ryu, Gyohyeon Song, Seongil Lee, Yoonhyung Cho, Gyouhyung Kyung, Hyungkee Kim, and Kyungkuk Baek Relationship between Emotional State and Pupil Diameter Variability under Various Types of Workload Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Kiyomi Sakamoto, Shoichi Aoyama, Shigeo Asahara, Haruki Mizushina, and Hirohiko Kaneko Table of Contents XVII Combined Measurement System for the Evaluation of Multi Causal Strain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Holger Steiner, Dietmar Reinert, and Norbert Jung Development of Non-contact Monitoring System of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) - An Approach of Remote Sensing for Ubiquitous Technology - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Satoshi Suzuki, Takemi Matsui, Shinji Gotoh, Yasutaka Mori, Bonpei Takase, and Masayuki Ishihara PC-Based Rehabilitation System with Biofeedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Chih-Fu Wu and Jeih-Jang Liou Part III: Interaction Devices and Environments LED Backlight for Better Accuracy in Medical Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Silvio Bonfiglio and Luigi Albani Human Factors in Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Martin Braun, Oliver Stefani, Achim Pross, Matthias Bues, and Dieter Spath Lighting as Support for Enhancing Well-Being, Health and Mental Fitness of an Ageing Population The FP6 EU Funded ALADIN Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Inge Gavat, Ovidiu Grigore, Marius Cotescu, Markus Canazei, Hermann Atz, Klaus Becker, Lajos Izso, Guido Kempter, Herbert Plischke, and Wilfried Pohl The Evaluation of Operating Posture in Typing the QWERTY Keyboard on PDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Han-Chi Hsiao, Fong-Gong Wu, Ronald Hsi, Chih-I Ho, Wen-Zhou Shi, and Chien-Hsu Chen Vector Keyboard for Touch Screen Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Martin Klima and Vaclav Slovacek Evaluation of a Functional Film Attached on Top of a Tablet PC . . . . . . 257 Yugo Kobayashi, Tatsuya Terada, Toshiyuki Kondo, and Masaki Nakagawa Interaction between Dynamic LED-Light and Color Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . 264 Ralf Michel Color Model for Human Visual Environment and Physical Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Tsutomu Mutoh and Kazuo Ohno XVIII Table of Contents Improvement of the Design Quality of 3D-Input Devices Using Motion Analyses and Biomechanical Comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Tobias Nowack, Stefan Lutherdt, Manuel M¨oller, Peter Kurtz, and Hartmut Witte