Ergonomics & Human factors 2018
Archives of Medicine
ISSN: 1989-5216
Page 21
July 26-27, 2018
Rome, Italy
1
st
Edition of International Conference on
Ergonomics &
Human Factors
T
he text neck syndrome is becoming known as people start
using their smartphones anytime, anywhere. A person’s
spine can be in trouble if it remains static for a long period of
time with a load on it. Smartphones can handle many things on
a small screen, so they can be used in a variety of situations.
In particular, those situations can have a negative effect on the
cervical spine. In this study, eighteenparticipantswere recruited
and their posture was analyzed. We used inertial measurement
units (IMU) based motion analysis equipment (i.e., Noraxon
MyoMotion) to determine the effect of smartphones on their
posture when standing or sitting. Each participant was asked
to perform two tasks: reading the document and playing a
specific game. In this process, information about the posture
of each participant as well as the angle of the smartphone
was collected. As a result of experiment, we could develop
the relationship between posture of participants and angles
of smartphones to induce participants posture according to
angles of smartphones. This study is expected to be used
as the basic data for the research related to the text neck
syndrome.
Recent Publications
1. Kim H K et al. (2018) Virtual reality sickness
questionnaire (VRSQ): motion sickness measurement
index in a virtual reality environment. Applied
Ergonomics 69:66-73.
2. Kim H K et al. (2016) The interaction experiences of
visually impaired people with assistive technology: A
case study of smartphones. International Journal of
Industrial Ergonomics. 55:22-33.
3. Kim H K et al. (2016) Identifying affect elements
based on a conceptual model of affect: A case study
on a smartphone. International Journal of Industrial
Ergonomics. 53:193-204.
4. Park J (2016) Classifyingweight trainingworkoutswith
deepconvolutional neural networks: Aprecedent study.
MobileHCI Adjunct. Doi:10.1145/2957265.2961861.
5. Park J et al. (2015) Developing and verifying
a questionnaire for evaluating user value of a
mobile device. Human Factors and Ergonomics in
Manufacturing & Service Industries. 25(6):724-739.
Biography
Jaehyun Park is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and
Management Engineering at Incheon National University (INU). He received
B.S degree and Ph.D degree in Industrial andManagement Engineering from
POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology). His research in-
terests are user experience of products and services, computational cogni-
tive engineering, and machine learning on physical behaviour.
jaehpark@inu.ac.krPrediction of neck flexion based on angles of a smartphone
Jaehyun Park
and
Nahyeong Kim
Incheon National University, Republic of South Korea
Jaehyun Park et al., Arch Med 2018, Volume 10
DOI: 10.21767/1989-5216-C1-002