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Passive neck brace for surgeons

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1546, Issue 1, Page 112-119, April 2025.
Surgeons peer downward into body cavities when operating. Holding this position for hours across weeks, months, and years may lead to neck pain and musculoskeletal disorder. Inspired by the strong nuchal ligaments of ungulates such as giraffes and horses, we analyzed the structure and strain of the nuchal ligament and proposed a neck brace that would ...
Zixiao Yang, Tejas S. Sathe, Meghal Shah, Jay Hemant Shah, David L. Hu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of SME employees' awareness level on lean manufacturing and ergonomics implementation in Malaysian and Indonesian production environments. [PDF]

Heliyon
Hizam AS, Mohamed N, Nelfiyanti.
europepmc   +1 more source

Cross‐sectoral collaboration in times of crisis: Comparing the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland

Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract The Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, with their shared political histories, have confronted the compounded challenges of the COVID‐19 pandemic and the Ukraine war. These difficulties spurred the emergence of public–nonprofit collaboration in all three countries, each taking distinct paths.
Michal Plaček, Vladislav Valentinov, Gabriela Daniel, František Ochrana, Paweł Mikołajczak, Anna Waligóra   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computer vision syndrome: a comprehensive literature review. [PDF]

Future Sci OA
Kahal F, Al Darra A, Torbey A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Life Satisfaction and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of Individuals According to Exercise Preferences of Outdoor and Indoor

Public Health Nursing, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 1261-1271, May/June 2025.
ABSTRACT Objective Preference for outdoor and indoor exercises is essential when choosing a place to exercise. This study compared adults' healthy lifestyle behaviors and life satisfaction according to physical activity location preferences. Subject and Methods The study is conducted using a cross‐sectional design between May and October 2023, with ...
Fatma Avsar, Nildem Kizilaslan
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing methods for catching and crating broiler chicken flocks: A trade-off between animal welfare, ergonomics and economics. [PDF]

Poult Sci
Delanglez F, Watteyn A, Ampe B, Segers V, Garmyn A, Delezie E, Sleeckx N, Kempen I, Demaître N, Van Meirhaeghe H, Antonissen G, Tuyttens FAM.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ergonomic Challenges and Musculoskeletal Pain During Remote Working: A Study of Academic Staff at a Selected University in South Africa During the COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Narainsamy N, Akpa-Inyang FF, Onwubu SC, Govender N, Pillay JD.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Applying the “SOTEC” framework of sociotechnical risk analysis to the development of an autonomous robot swarm for a public cloakroom

Risk Analysis, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 878-895, April 2025.
Abstract The past decade has seen efforts to develop new forms of autonomous systems with varying applications in different domains, from underwater search and rescue to clinical diagnosis. All of these applications require risk analyses, but such analyses often focus on technical sources of risk without acknowledging its wider systemic and ...
Peter Winter, John Downer, James Wilson, Dhaminda B. Abeywickrama, Suet Lee, Sabine Hauert, Shane Windsor   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Sensor-Based Classification for Neuromotor Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation. [PDF]

Bioengineering (Basel)
Vaida C, Rus G, Pisla D.
europepmc   +1 more source