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ArticleMining, metallurgy & exploration2025

Perspectives of Mining Personnel on Adopting Occupational Exoskeletons: Comparisons Between a Developed and a Developing Country.

Feyisayo Akinwande, Sunwook Kim, Aanuoluwapo Ojelade, Khoirul Muslim, Hardianto Iridiastadi, Mahiyar Nasarwanji, Jeong Ho Kim, Maury A Nussbaum

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Article in Mining, metallurgy & exploration, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Feyisayo AkinwandeDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0858-885X
Sunwook KimDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3624-1781
Aanuoluwapo OjeladeDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9715-3254
Khoirul MuslimFaculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia.ORCID 0000-0003-3506-8390
Hardianto IridiastadiFaculty of Industrial Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia.ORCID 0000-0002-5569-827X
Mahiyar NasarwanjiPittsburgh Mining Research Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh, PA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3961-3432
Jeong Ho KimDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, TX USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9967-5846
Maury A NussbaumDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1887-8431

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Occupational exoskeletons (EXOs) have received growing attention as a new ergonomic intervention to reduce physical demands in various industries (e.g., manufacturing, logistics, construction, and agriculture). However, their potential use in mining has not yet been reported. Survey data ( Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42461-025-01189-1.

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ExoskeletonInterventionMining industryTechnology adoptionWork-related musculoskeletal disorders

Identifiers

PMID40206989
PMCPMC11976373

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