Title
Disable workstation development: a multicompetence approach to human behaviour analysis
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to report the analysis process adopted by an interdisciplinary team to understand human-product physical interaction in order to develop a PC workstation to be used by physically impaired people for their professional reintegration. In previous experiences [1] simple biomechanical measurements and electromyographic analysis were used to evaluate the physical stress connected to different workplace situations. In the present context we have chosen to apply to occupational ergonomics both a biomechanical and ethnographic approach and then correlate them in an integrated approach. The idea of merging qualitative and quantitative methods has become increasingly appealing in areas of applied research. As Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) and ergonomics are multifaceted issues it is important to approach them from different perspectives and to combine data coming from different methods. Multicompetence approach integrates different research methods into a research strategy [2] increasing the quality of final results and providing a more comprehensive understanding of the analyzed phenomena..
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-21663-3_28
HCI (6)
Keywords
Field
DocType
research strategy,ethnographic approach,integrated approach,different workplace situation,different research method,multicompetence approach,human behaviour analysis,disable workstation development,different method,analysis process,different perspective,applied research,ethnography,user centered design,biomechanics
Human–machine system,Physical interaction,Computer science,Electromyographic analysis,Human factors and ergonomics,Workstation,Human–computer interaction,Applied research,Merge (version control),User-centered design
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
6766
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Giuseppe Andreoni16418.69
Fiammetta Costa242.41
Carlo Frigo301.01
Sabrina Muschiato411.06
Esteban Pavan500.68
Laura Scapini600.34
Maximiliano Romero793.24