Background & Aims of the Study: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are one of the important occupational health issues. Prevention of these discomforts requires posture assessment at work stations using ergonomic job analysis methods. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the work stations and perform corrective actions in one of the central steel industries of Iran to decrease the frequ...

This descriptive study focused on the ergonomic risk assessment of salt workers in Occidental Mindoro to determine which work activities posed risks farmworkers and assess relationship between profile variables total pain body parts experienced by workers. The Nordic Questionnaire was used detect symptoms composed 28 multiple choice questions structured into two well-differentiated parts; first...

The ergonomic assessment of adopted working postures is essential for avoiding musculoskeletal risk factors in manufacturing contexts. Several observational methods based on external analyst observations are available; however, they relatively subjective and suffer low repeatability. Over the past decade, digitalization this has received high research interest. Robotic applications have potenti...

Surgeons are workers that particularly prone to the development of musculoskeletal disorders. Recent advances in surgical interventions, such as laparoscopic procedures, have caused a worsening scenario, given harmful static postures be kept for long periods. In this paper, we present sensor-based platform specifically aimed at monitoring posture during actual operations. The proposed system ad...