Transforming Ergonomics With Personalized Health And Intelligent Workplaces

Life expectancy is increasing, and we are all expected to work for longer as a result. A balance must be found between the demands of work and human capabilities, and this makes the prevention of workplace-related health problems more important than ever. Emerging technologies, such as smart textiles, wearable devices, and the Internet of Things have enabled the development of intelligent biomedical clothing and the integration of pervasive sensitive services into the environment, and together with ambient intelligence technology techniques and big data analytics, have fostered a proliferation of p-Health monitoring solutions. This book presents a collection of the most significant challenges and advances in the field of intelligent workspaces and personalized ergonomics, bringing together the most relevant results of various international research projects. The book is organized into three main sections: Personalized Ergonomics, which explores the need for practical and reliable risk assessment methods for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders and the enhancement of the workplace; Pervasive Technology for Intelligent Workplaces, which identifies the opportunities and challenges of technology-based interventions and the security and privacy issues of the smart workplace; and Data Warehouse Governance and Analytics. The book concludes with a chapter on lessons learnt. The transformation of the working environment into a healthy and intelligent space will not only support ergonomists, employees and employers, but may also be the solution to the sustainability of our current social welfare systems, and the book will be of interest to all those concerned with workplace health. Series: Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments. Title Page......Page 3 Preface......Page 7 About the Editors......Page 9 Contents......Page 11 Section 1. Personalized Ergonomics......Page 13 The Need for Practical and Reliable Risk Assessment Methods for Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders......Page 15 Enhancing Workplace Ergonomics Through SmartMentalTech, a Comprehensive Stepped-Care Model for Mental Health......Page 27 Section 2. Pervasive Technology for Intelligent Workplaces......Page 43 Opportunities and Challenges of Technology-Based Interventions to Increase Health-Awareness in the Workplace......Page 45 Privacy in Smart Spaces: Protecting Information in Workplaces......Page 59 Section 3. Data Warehouse Governance and Analytics......Page 75 Closed-Loop Ergonomics in the Factory of the Future: A Practical Approach from FASyS Project......Page 77 Towards Perceptual Spaces for Empowering Ergonomy in Workplaces by Using Interactive Process Mining......Page 97 Process Choreography for Designing and Automate Individualized Prevention Protocols in Occupational Medicine......Page 113 Section 4. Lessons Learnt......Page 125 Personalized Health and Intelligent Workplaces Transforming Ergonomics: Some Lessons Learnt......Page 127 Subject Index......Page 133 Author Index......Page 135