VTechWorks staff will be away for the winter holidays starting Tuesday, December 24, 2024, through Wednesday, January 1, 2025, and will not be replying to requests during this time. Thank you for your patience, and happy holidays!
 

An exploratory study comparing three work/rest schedules during simulated repetitive precision work

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorTsao, Liuxingen
dc.contributor.authorKim, Sunwooken
dc.contributor.authorMa, Liangen
dc.contributor.authorNussbaum, Maury A.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-10T19:53:00Zen
dc.date.available2021-12-10T19:53:00Zen
dc.date.issued2021-08-03en
dc.date.updated2021-12-10T19:52:58Zen
dc.description.abstractThe pattern of work and rest can influence both physical fatigue and task performance in manual operations. However, there is relatively limited evidence regarding the influences of specific work/rest schedules in tasks requiring high repetitiveness and precision demands, along with relatively low exertion levels. Eighteen participants completed an exploratory study that simulated such tasks, to compare the effects of three distinct work/rest schedules (i.e. short frequent [short] and long infrequent breaks [long], and a self-selected schedule) on muscle fatigue, task performance (in terms of accuracy and speed), and preference. Schedules with long or self-selected breaks generally induced less muscle fatigue, compared with the short break condition. Participants preferred the self-selected condition the most and the long-break condition the least. The different schedules tested did not influence task performance. A self-selected schedule may be beneficial for repetitive precision task, to achieve a balance across muscle fatigue, task performance, and individual preference. Practitioner summary: Influences of three work/rest schedules (i.e. short and long breaks, and a self-selected schedule) on fatigue, performance, and preference were explored during repetitive precision tasks. Schedules with long or self-selected breaks induced less muscle fatigue and none of the three schedules influenced performance. A self-selected schedule was the most preferred.en
dc.description.versionAccepted versionen
dc.format.extent16 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2021.1950844en
dc.identifier.eissn1366-5847en
dc.identifier.issn0014-0139en
dc.identifier.orcidKim, Sun Wook [0000-0003-3624-1781]en
dc.identifier.orcidNussbaum, Maury [0000-0002-1887-8431]en
dc.identifier.pmid34224340en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/106929en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.relation.urihttp://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000681240600001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=930d57c9ac61a043676db62af60056c1en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSocial Sciencesen
dc.subjectTechnologyen
dc.subjectEngineering, Industrialen
dc.subjectErgonomicsen
dc.subjectPsychology, Applieden
dc.subjectPsychologyen
dc.subjectEngineeringen
dc.subjectRepetitive tasken
dc.subjectprecision tasken
dc.subjectmuscle fatigueen
dc.subjectPerformanceen
dc.subjectMuscle fatigueen
dc.subjectJob rotationen
dc.subjectGender-Differencesen
dc.subjectRest schedulesen
dc.subjectNeuromuscular fatigueen
dc.subjectMovement variabilityen
dc.subjectTASK-Performanceen
dc.subjectSex-Differencesen
dc.subjectPower spectrumen
dc.subjectCycle timeen
dc.subjectHuman Factorsen
dc.subject1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciencesen
dc.subject1203 Design Practice and Managementen
dc.subject1701 Psychologyen
dc.titleAn exploratory study comparing three work/rest schedules during simulated repetitive precision worken
dc.title.serialErgonomicsen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dc.type.otherEarly Accessen
dc.type.otherJournalen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Engineeringen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Engineering/Industrial and Systems Engineeringen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Faculty of Health Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Engineering/COE T&R Facultyen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Tsao et al. Accepted.pdf
Size:
1.45 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Accepted version
Download

Collections

All Faculty Deposits
Scholarly Works, Industrial and Systems Engineering