Ergonomic Analysis Of The Work Of Beauticians

A Case Study on The Task of eyebrow Shaping

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https://doi.org/10.5965/2316796313262024022-036

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Análise Ergonômica do Trabalho, Esteticista, Ergonomia

Abstract

The ergonomic workspace analysis (EWA) aims to intervene in the productive environment to analyze the problems and the physical and psychophysiological consequences resulting from work. Within this context, the objective of this study was to carry out an ergonomic analysis of work in a beautician's workplace. The demand was identified based on the report of a beautician about her discomfort and pain after performing eyebrow shaping on customers. For data collection, an on-site observation of the activity was carried out with the application of a focused questionnaire, image recordings and completion of a body map, which indicates the location, duration, frequency and intensity of the musculoskeletal discomfort. In parallel, the RULA postural analysis protocol was applied, which indicated level 7 (high risk of injury). Through data analysis, postural recommendations were given, and if applied, they would decreased the RULA level to 4 (low risk of injury).

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Patricia Teixeira Parrela, UDESC - Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Web designer for 22 years, she has experience as a front-end designer and developer. She began her studies in Business Administration and then Information Systems at the Federal University of Santa Catarina and finished them in the United States, where she also graduated in Visual Arts with an emphasis in Graphic Design at Brigham Young University-Idaho. She is currently a UX and UI consultant with a focus on strategic design for large companies and startups. She has an academic Master's degree in Design from the Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC) (area of concentration in Methods for Human Factors / Ergonomics), whith research focus on Usability of digital interfaces. She is currently studying an Academic Doctorate in Design also at the Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC) whith research focus is Organizational Design.

Marcelo Fernandes Nascimento, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Master in Design by UDESC - State University of Santa Catarina. Post-Graduation in Informatics in Education by UEL - State University of Londrina and Post-Graduation in Advertising Creation by Universidade Anhembi Morumbi. Graduated in Artistic Education with specialization in Visual Arts and Full Licentiate from FAAM (Faculty of Arts Alcantara Machado) - SP (2005), having started her studies at a higher level in the Visual Arts Course at FAAP (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado) - SP.

Giovana Mara Zugliani Bortolan, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Ph.D. in Design (2023) by the Graduate Program in Design at the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC), in the area of concentration in Human Factors in Design, research line Interfaces and Cognitive Interactions, and member of the Technology research group, Ergonomics and Health. Master in Design (2018) from the same institution, in the line of research Interfaces and Physical Interactions, in which he developed an instrument to assess visual discomfort. She began her studies by studying for a degree in Artistic Education with a specialization in Plastic Arts (2010) at the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP), where she was a PIBIC / UNESP scholarship holder with research on Brazilian contemporary art and jewelry.

Elton Moura Nickel , Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

Doutor (2012) e Mestre (2009) em Engenharia de Produção pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, na área de Engenharia do Produto e Processo e possui graduação em Design Industrial pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (2006). Foi Chefe do Departamento de Design (2015-2017) e Coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Design (2020-2022) da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina.

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2025-09-26

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PARRELA, Patricia Teixeira; NASCIMENTO, Marcelo Fernandes; BORTOLAN, Giovana Mara Zugliani; NICKEL , Elton Moura. Ergonomic Analysis Of The Work Of Beauticians: A Case Study on The Task of eyebrow Shaping. Human Factors in Design, Florianópolis, v. 13, n. 26, p. 022–036, 2025. DOI: 10.5965/2316796313262024022-036. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.udesc.br/index.php/hfd/article/view/23448. Acesso em: 1 oct. 2025.

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