Posture Risk Assessment in an Automotive Assembly Line Using Inertial Sensors

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are a highly prevalent work-related health problem. Biomechanical exposure to hazardous postures during work is risk factor for the development of MSD. This study focused on developing an inertial sensor-based approach evaluate posture in industrial contexts, particularly automotive assembly lines. The analysis was divided into two stages: 1) comparative joint angles calculated movements upper body segments using proposed motion tracking framework and ones provided by state-of-the-art capture system 2) evaluation operators working automative line. For study, we selected data collected laboratory (N = 8 participants) line settings 9 participants), while evaluation, only considered acquired within results revealed that could be applied track tasks performed sagittal plane, uncovered differences among different not traditional assessment instruments.