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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"physical workload"”.
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Sveikatos priežiūros darbuotojų ergonominės darbo sąlygos ir jų sąsajos su sveikatos vertinimu /
… which work is associated with high physical workload and akward postures. Aim: To estimate ergonomic work conditions and their correlation with health assessment among healthcare workers. Objectives: To estimate ergonomic work conditions among healthcare workers. To evaluate how …
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Ergonomics of Total Knee Arthroplasty
… is unclear. We compared biomechanical strain and workload during conventional versus robotic-assisted TKA. Methods Two surgeons and two scrub nurses each performed conventional and robotic TKA (three cases per modality using VELYS, ROSA, and CORI◊). Wearable sensors recorded posture and …
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Musculoskeletal disorders in demanding computer work - with air traffic control as a model
… mouse-work. The effect of the change on the physical exposure was studied, as well as the musculoskeletal health before and after the change. In addition, gender differences and psychosocial factors were assessed. The physical workload, recorded in 14 subjects in both systems by technical …
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Localized muscle fatigue during isotonic and nonisotonic isometric efforts
… has substantially reduced the amount of physical workload, repetitive manual activities are still typically observed in various work settings. Despite their fairly low workload intensity, prolonged repetitive tasks have been associated with the development of musculoskeletal complaints …
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An investigation on subjective assessments of workload and postural stability under conditions of joint mental and physical demands
Workload is defined as the cost incurred by an individual, given their capacities, while achieving a particular level of performance on a task with specific demands. Demands of a task or combination of tasks may include maintaining postural stability, executing physical actions, and/or performing …
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Interactive Effects of Physical and Mental Workload: A Study of Muscle Function, Capacity and Exertion Type
Workers experience combined physical and mental demands in their daily jobs, yet the contribution of these concurrent demands in the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) is not clearly understood. There is a need to understand how concurrent demands interact with different …
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Multi-Objective Control for Physical and Cognitive Human-Exoskeleton Interaction
… This limitation is first in understanding the physical and cognitive interaction between the user and exoskeleton, and then in designing a controller that addresses this interaction in a way that provides both physical assistance towards completing a task, and a decrease in the cognitive demand …
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Improving Effectiveness of Robot-Assisted Ankle Rehabilitation via Biomechanical Assessment and Interaction Control
… the treatment of ankle injuries to reduce the physical workload of therapists and supplement the resources required to facilitate a comprehensive rehabilitation regime so that adequate therapy can be delivered to patients. However, the effectiveness of existing ankle rehabilitation robots is …
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Industrial development of car disassembly - ergonomics and system performance
… production system performance and ergonomics (physical workloads) and possible future development. Car dismantlers, manufacturers and authority stakeholders described current disassembly systems as ?craft-type?, i.e. containing a rich variety of tasks and considerable periods of set-up time. …