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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Ergonomic Risk"”.
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Development of an ergonomic risk assessment tool for work postures
… available that cover the wide range of physical risk factors at workplaces. Most of the existing observational methods have not been extensively tested for their reliability and validity during the development process. Therefore, the main objectives of this study are to (1) to develop a new …
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Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and ergonomic risk assessment among production workers in manufacturing industries
… industries is one of the occupations that risk to Musculoskeletal Symptoms (MSSs) such as awkward postures, repetition motion, and forceful exertions which as causes to serious musculoskeletal injuries. The aim of this study is to identify the prevalence of MSSs and Ergonomic Risk Factors …
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A computing task ergonomic risk assessment tool for assessing risk factors of work related musculoskeletal disorders
… widely applied method in assessing exposure to risk factors for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) related to office works because it is inexpensive and applicable to wide range of office jobs. However, the existing research that applied this method was mainly focused to a limited …
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Unconventional wisdom from below : understanding social and technical determinants of ergonomic risk in the Indian informal textile and clothing sector
… strain injuries' frequently result from poor ergonomic design of workplace equipment. This thesis on India's informal textile and clothing sector studies the usage characteristics of workplace technologies at the organizational and individual levels, and their interactions with broader social …
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Exploring physiotherapist movement during patient and therapeutic handling in a laboratory setting.
… mandatory manual handling training and existing ergonomic guidance, WRMSD rates remain high, particularly in neurological rehabilitation, where hands on facilitation is frequent and complex. Current manual handling guidance is predominantly generalised across healthcare practitioners and lacks an …
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Decision support tool for dynamic workforce scheduling in manufacturing environments \
… factor that was stressed was the inclusion of ergonomic risk. Worker-task assignments that do not take into account ergonomic risk exposure can lead to repetitive stress injuries over time, causing manufacturing plants to incur substantial medical expenses. Any system that allocates (or …
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Workforce fatigue prediction via wearable sensor data analytics
… and significant healthcare costs. Common ergonomic risk factors, such as repetitive tasks, heavy lifting, and awkward postures, contribute to localised muscle fatigue, which over time can cause chronic injury according to fatigue failure theory. Although observational risk assessments are …
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An ergonomic job analysis of a work process within a glovebox
… investigated to great lengths. Unfortunately, ergonomic design criteria for this enclosed and restricting workstation have not been extensively investigated or documented. This research evaluated ergonomic risk factors associated with the use of a glovebox in a pharmaceutical production …
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Análise da atividade e gasto fisiológico dos catadores de resíduos sólidos: a percepção da terapia ocupacional
… work time, where the worker is exposed to a high ergonomic risk. This study, which was labored from a quantitative and qualitative approach to exploratory method and field research, is intended to compare which collecting technique can be less weariness to the worker. To the purpose of comparison …
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Evolving User Needs Identification through AI Augmented Approaches
… Our tool utilizes pose estimation to calculate ergonomic risk of users as they engage in a task, as well as object segmentation to identify objects that could be affecting the user’s behavior. 2 These are then compiled into a computer interface for designers to use when watching an observational …
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Assessing the Relationship between Occupational Injury Risk and Performance: the Efficacy of Adding Adjustability and Using Exoskeletons in the Context of a Simulated Drilling Task
… occur despite an increasing understanding of the risk factors that initiate these disorders. Ergonomics is commonly seen as a health and safety approach that has no influence on performance, a perspective potentially hindering intervention proposals in practice. Highlighting potential performance …
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An investigation of musculoskeletal disorders in healthcare professionals.
… for these variables was not established. An ergonomic risk assessment indicated that the tasks with the highest risk potential were manual handling tasks and those involving a static hold/standing of a patient. Manual handling had a high risk score, mainly because of the awkward, non-optimum …
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Prevalencia de morbilidad osteomuscular en una empresa de servicios de seguridad electrónica en Bogotá, 2013
Introducción: actualmente los trastornos músculo esqueléticos (TME) han sido reconocidos como la principal causa de morbilidad en el trabajo, dado el porcentaje de ausentismo laboral que representa, generando reducción en la productividad de las industrias. Una visión general de la prevalencia en …
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Factores de riesgo ergonómico y condiciones de trabajo asociados a sintomatología osteomuscular, en conductores de una cooperativa del sector de transporte público en tres municipios de Cundinamarca, Colombia 2015
Introducción: Los conductores de transporte público, están expuesto a factores de riesgo ergonómicos y de condiciones de trabajo que pueden estar asociados a la aparición de síntomas osteomusculares, afectando su estado de salud. Objetivo: evaluar los factores de riesgo ergonómico y las condiciones …