A quantitative approach to assess upper limb fatigue in the work field

Spyropoulos, Elias; Chroni, Elisabeth; Katsakiori, Paraskevi; Athanassiou, G.

doi:10.3233/oer-130206

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“… A description of quantitative instrumental-based biomechanical risk assessment methods, which have proved themselves significant for physicians, ergonomists and researchers. These proposed tools have been analyzed for: (i) direct instrumental evaluations [ 24 , 25 , 26 ] providing real-time measures of risk of exposure, requiring simple hardware setup and allowing easy analysis and interpretation of data by workers ( Section 3.3 ); (ii) rating standard methods for biomechanical risk assessment ( Section 3.4 ). Finally, a discussion covering current issues, future challenges and limitations is reported in Section 4 .…”

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Wearable Monitoring Devices for Biomechanical Risk Assessment at Work: Current Status and Future Challenges—A Systematic Review

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Draicchio

Varrecchia

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Background: In order to reduce the risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) several methods have been developed, accepted by the international literature and used in the workplace. The purpose of this systematic review was to describe recent implementations of wearable sensors for quantitative instrumental-based biomechanical risk assessments in prevention of WMSDs. Methods: Articles written until 7 May 2018 were selected from PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar and Web of Science using specific keywords. Results: Instrumental approaches based on inertial measurement units and sEMG sensors have been used for direct evaluations to classify lifting tasks into low and high risk categories. Wearable sensors have also been used for direct instrumental evaluations in handling of low loads at high frequency activities by using the local myoelectric manifestation of muscle fatigue estimation. In the field of the rating of standard methods, on-body wireless sensors network-based approaches for real-time ergonomic assessment in industrial manufacturing have been proposed. Conclusions: Few studies foresee the use of wearable technologies for biomechanical risk assessment although the requirement to obtain increasingly quantitative evaluations, the recent miniaturization process and the need to follow a constantly evolving manual handling scenario is prompting their use.

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confidence: 99%

Wearable Monitoring Devices for Biomechanical Risk Assessment at Work: Current Status and Future Challenges—A Systematic Review

Ranavolo

Draicchio

Varrecchia

et al. 2018

IJERPH

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“…• Postures; especially awkward-inappropriate postures that can cause health problems. (OWAS observation method can be used for posture analysis) There are many ergonomic methods for assessing postures [18], and they differ in the body region they evaluate [19,20].…”

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Work Design in Apparel Sector

Kaya¹

2023

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The human-centered design approach can be defined as the sum of the methods and procedures that make it possible to carry out each evaluation and design intervention, starting with an awareness. It is a philosophy of intervention that places not only people’s needs and expectations, but above all people at the center of the design and production process for products, environments, and systems. Human-centered design is an interactive system development approach that aims to make systems usable and useful by focusing on users, their needs and requirements, and by applying human factors/ergonomics and usability knowledge and techniques. This approach increases efficiency and productivity, improves human well-being, user satisfaction, accessibility and sustainability, and eliminates the potential negative effects of use on human health, safety, and performance. Proper design and improvements in working conditions and work organization can result in increased productivity and competitiveness. In this context, work design is an extremely important issue in the apparel industry, which is one of the largest industries in the world.

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“…There are many ergonomic methods for evaluating postures (Vujica Herzog and Buchmeister, 2015), and they differ in the area of the body they evaluate (Roman-Liu, 2014;Spyropoulus, 2013). Some methods assess the strain of selected body parts independently, and other methods provide an overall assessment.…”

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Ergonomic Design of the Workplace for Final Quality Control

Breznik

Herzog

2021

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The incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders remains high and, as these injuries have a high cost for companies and society, it is important to prevent them through ergonomic analysis and workplace design. During the work process, we are always looking to reduce lost time and improve the quality of work. From an ergonomic point of view, it is important to determine what workloads employees are exposed to and to eliminate or at least minimise them by redesigning the workplace. The aim of our research was to minimise the risk at work through the scientific design of workplaces based on a methodological approach. The manual and computerised OWAS method was used to determine and estimate body postures during the workday. It was found that certain postures resulted in significant overexertion, which meant that certain remedial actions were necessary during the work process to prevent possible damage to the body. Several improvements were proposed for the new workplace design: appropriate equipment for workers, lifting table, rotation of workers, construction of quality control facilities and automation of macro tasks.

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A quantitative approach to assess upper limb fatigue in the work field

Cited by 14 publications

References 42 publications

Wearable Monitoring Devices for Biomechanical Risk Assessment at Work: Current Status and Future Challenges—A Systematic Review

Wearable Monitoring Devices for Biomechanical Risk Assessment at Work: Current Status and Future Challenges—A Systematic Review

Work Design in Apparel Sector

Ergonomic Design of the Workplace for Final Quality Control

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