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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Wearable Sensors in Industrial Ergonomics: Enhancing Safety and Productivity in Industry 4.0.

Jose E Naranjo, Carlos A Mora, Diego Fernando Bustamante Villagómez, María Gabriela Mancheno Falconi, Marcelo V Garcia

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jose E NaranjoFacultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería y Aplicadas, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi (UTC), Campus La Matriz, Ave. Simón Rodríguez, Latacunga 050102, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-2884-1667
Carlos A MoraFacultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería y Aplicadas, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi (UTC), Campus La Matriz, Ave. Simón Rodríguez, Latacunga 050102, Ecuador.
Diego Fernando Bustamante VillagómezGSyA Research Group, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, C/Altagracia, 5013071 Ciudad Real, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8016-3675
María Gabriela Mancheno FalconiFacultad de Arquitectura e Ingenierias, Universidad Internacional Sek, Alberto Einstein y 5ta. Transversal, Quito 170134, Ecuador.ORCID 0009-0005-0887-6087
Marcelo V GarciaFacultad de Ingeniería en Sistemas, Eectrónica e Industrial, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Av. los Chásquis, Ambato 180104, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-7138-3913

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fourth industrial revolution has transformed industrial ergonomics through the adoption of wearable technologies to enhance workplace safety and well-being. This study conducts a comprehensive scoping review, structured according to PRISMA guidelines, examining how wearable devices are revolutionizing ergonomic practices within Industry 4.0. After analyzing 1319 articles from major databases including SpringerLink, MDPI, Scopus, and IEEEXplore, 36 relevant studies were selected for detailed analysis. The review specifically focuses on how wearable technologies improve worker comfort and safety, promoting more productive work environments. The findings reveal that wearable devices have significantly impacted ergonomic conditions in industrial settings, with artificial intelligence integration showing the highest presence in analyzed applications. Over the past years, wearable technology implementations have demonstrated a 38% improvement in optimizing ergonomic conditions compared to traditional approaches.

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ErgonomicsIndustryWearable Electronic DevicesArtificial IntelligenceEfficiencyHumansOccupational HealthWorkplaceergonomicsIndustry 4.0optimizationPRISMAwearable devices

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PMID40096370
PMCPMC11902643

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