Publications

Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers

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• Porta, M., Casu, G., Fastame, M. C., Nussbaum, M. A. & Pau, M. (2025) Older workers spend less time in extreme trunk and upper-arm postures during order-picking tasks: Results from field testing, Applied Ergonomics, 125, 104462 (10 pages).
  Aging workers; Postural exposure; Inertial sensors

• Taori, S. & Lim, S. (2025) Classification algorithms trained on simple (symmetric) lifting data perform poorly in predicting hand loads during complex (free-dynamic) lifting tasks, Applied Ergonomics, 125, 104427.
  EMG, Lifting load classification, Wearable armband, Lifting scenario, Algorithm performance

• Lim, S. (2024) Exposures to select risk factors can be estimated from a continuous stream of inertial sensor measurements during a variety of lifting-lowering tasks, Ergonomics, 37(11): 1596-1611.
  Inertial sensor measurements, lifting-lowering, risk factors estimation, biomechanical exposures, data-driven algorithms

• Taori, S. & Lim, S. (2024) Use of a Wearable Electromyography Armband to Detect Lift-Lower Tasks and Classify Hand Loads, Applied Ergonomics, 119, 104285.
  EMG; Lifting and lowering; Lifting load classification; Wearable armband

• Islam, M. S., Frazier, M. C., Harden, S. M., & Lim, S. (2024) Barriers and Benefits of Online Group Exercise Programs for Older Adults, Journal of Applied Gerontology, 43(10): 1397-1407.
  online exercise; group exercise; thematic analysis; older adults

• Islam, M. S., Zahabi, S. J. N., Kim, S., Lau, N., Nussbaum, M. A. & Lim, S. (2024). Changes in forklift driving performance and postures among novices resulting from training using a high-fidelity virtual reality simulator: An exploratory study, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 104: 103648.
  Forklift truck; Virtual simulator; Novice training; Motion variability

• Kim, S., Ojelade, A., Moore, A., Gutierrez, N., Harris-Adamson, C., Barr, A., Srinivasan, D., Rempel, D. M. & Nussbaum, M. A. (2024). Understanding contributing factors to exoskeleton use-intention in construction: A decision tree approach using results from an online survey, Ergonomics, 67: 1208-1221.
  Exoskeleton acceptance, implementation, decision makin, ergonomic intervention, workplace injuries

• Casu, G., Barajas-Smith, I., Barr, A., Phillips, B., Kim, S., Nussbaum, M. A., Rempel, D., Pau, M., Harris-Adamson, C. (2024) Shoulder kinematics during cyclic overhead work are affected by a passive arm support exoskeleton, Applied Ergonomics, 121: 104357.
  Passive exoskeleton, Joint angles, Arm acceleration

• Kim, S., Hernandez, I., Nussbaum, M.A., & Lim, S. (2024). Teleoperator-Robot-Human Interaction in Manufacturing: Perspectives from Industry, Robot Manufacturers, and Researchers, IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, 12(1-2): 28-40.

• Park, J. H., Madigan, M. L., Kim, S., Nussbaum, M. A. & Srinivasan, D. (2024) Wearing a back-support exoskeleton alters lower-limb joint kinetics during single-step recovery following a forward loss of balance, Journal of Biomechanics, 166: 112069 (9 pages).
  Occupational exoskeleton, Falls, Reactive stepping, Muscle power

• Alshehri, M. A., Alzahrani, H., van den Hoorn, W., Klyne, D. M., Vette, A. H., Hendershot, B. D., Roberts, B. W. R., Larivière, C., Barbado, D., Vera-Garcia, F. J., van Dieen, J. H., Cholewicki, J., Nussbaum, M. A., Madigan, M. L., Reeves, N. P., Silfies, S. P., Brown, S. H. M. & Hodges, S. H. M. (2024) Trunk postural control during unstable sitting among individuals with and without low back pain: A systematic review with an individual participant data meta-analysis, PLoS ONE, 19(1): e0296968.

• Nussbaum, M. A., Kim, S., Madinei, S. and Alemi, M. M. (2020) Static and dynamic assessments of back-support exoskeletons, Applied Ergonomics Conference, Louisville, KY, March 16-19.

• Park, J.-H., Kim, S., Nussbaum, M.A. and Srinivasan, D. (2019) Effects of back support exoskeleton use on postural stability, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 63rd Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 28 – November 1, pp. 1088-1089.