In the field of intelligent transportation system (ITS), automatic interpretation of a driver’s behavior is an urgent and challenging topic. This paper studies vision-based driving posture recognition in the human action recognition framework. A driving action dataset was prepared by a side-mounted camera looking at a driver’s left profile. The driving actions, including operating the shift lev...

OBJECTIVE Posture induced common peroneal nerve (CPN) palsy is usually produced during the prolonged squatting or habitual leg crossing while seated, especially in Asian culture and is manifested by the onset of foot drop. Because of its similarity to discogenic foot drop, patients may be diagnosed with a lumbar disc disorder, and in some patients, surgeons may perform unnecessary examinations ...

background: office workers spend a long period of time behind a computer during working hours. the relation between the posture of sitting during work with computer and neck pain is still debatable. even though some researchers claim a significant difference in head posture between patients with neck pain and pain-free participants, the fhp (forward head posture) has not always been associated ...

Driver workspace design and evaluation is, in part, based on assumed driving postures of users and determines several ergonomic aspects of a vehicle, such as reach, visibility and postural comfort. Accurately predicting and specifying standard driving postures, hence, are necessary to improve the ergonomic quality of the driver workspace. In this study, a statistical clustering approach was emp...

This paper presents a novel wheelchair–exoskeleton hybrid robot that can transform between sitting and walking modes. The lower-limb exoskeleton uses planetary-geared motors to support the hip knee joints. Meanwhile, ankle joints are passive. left right wheel modules be retracted lower legs of prepare for or stepping over obstacles. chair designed form stable posture avoid falling while traveli...

background: proper sleep is essential for the development of premature infants. infants, during hospitalization, might suffer from inappropriate postures and insufficient sleep hours. to compare the daily sleep quantities of premature infants in flexed (facilitated fetal tucking) posture and extended (free body) posture. this study is a randomized clinical trial which was conducted in neonatal ...

due to the importance of correct posture for preventing musculoskeletal disorders, the purpose of this study was to evaluate theory of planned behavior in predicting correct body posture in operating room nurses.in this cross-sectional study, participants (n=100) were nurses from five hospitals located in northern iran. participants completed demographic data and theory of planned behavior cons...

conclusions significant association of work experience and age with musculoskeletal disorders shows that individual’s education and knowledge improvements with regard to ergonomics risk factors and correction of work postures are very important and ought to follow management and technical practices in the organization. results the mean and standard deviation of participants’ age was 35.4 ± 6.7 ...

This paper describes an approach to arm-posture recognizing and interpreting by mobile robot while following a person. We combine color and stereo cues to detect and track a person in dynamic indoor environments in real-time. The arm-postures are very simple and can be described by a spatial relation between a person’s face and hands. Color image processing and labeling techniques are used to d...