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Effects of Head-Worn Display Use on Obstacle Crossing Performance in a Simulated Occupational Task



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  • Description:
    Slips, trips, and falls (STFs) continue to be a major cause of occupational injuries and fatalities. For example, STFs accounted for 16.5% of fatal occupational injuries and 27% of lost workday cases in 2015. The occupational application of smart glasses, or head-worn displays (HWDs), has been explored in diverse applications, and may lead to potential benefits since a HWD can project diverse, real-time information in front of one (monocular) or both eyes (binocular) of a user. Though broad evidence supports that an increase in attentional demand and/or cognitive distraction can reduce gait performance, there is limited evidence that has been reported regarding the potential impacts of HWD use on gait performance, particularly with respect to obstacle crossing (OC). This study thus assessed the effects of different HWD technologies and information presentation types on OC performance. Two commercially-available HWDs were used, representing binocular (Epson Moverio BT-200) and monocular (Vuzix M100) technologies. Based on earlier work, we hypothesized that the use of a HWD would deteriorate OC performance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Publisher:
    American Society of Biomechanics (ASB)
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Abstract or Summary
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    399-400
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20066071
  • Citation:
    ASB2017: Proceedings of the American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting, August 8-11, 2017, Boulder, Colorado. Newark, DE: American Society of Biomechanics, 2017 Aug; :399-400
  • Contact Point Address:
    Sunwook Kim, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  • Email:
    sunwook@vt.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2017
  • Performing Organization:
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20010701
  • Source Full Name:
    ASB2017: Proceedings of the American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting, August 8-11, 2017, Boulder, Colorado
  • End Date:
    20260630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:54006dfcbad226744c6603a6fa7bb52354364dc5cd3b42798df6a065efc9ef7f563f6271be7980998dd43fe83dd6a6b0888d7b7844745acaae430abb7198bd76
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