Ergonomic risk assessment in DHM tools employingmotion data: exposure calculation and comparisonto epidemiological reference dataShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation, ISSN 1742-5549, Vol. 6, no 1, p. 31-64Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Digital human modelling (DHM) allows ergonomic risk assessment to be performed at early stages of design and development. Such assessment is typically based on observational methods, which do not take advantage of the potential of DHM tools to provide precise posture and motion data. This paper describes and illustrates an alternative assessment approach employing DHM tools, inspired by risk assessment based on direct measurements. A literature survey established a reference database of epidemiological associations between exposure and wrist-related disorders. This approach is illustrated by a DHM simulation of a car assembly task. Wrist posture and motion were simulated and compared to the database, predicting the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders on the basis of direct measurements
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
InderScience Publishers, 2018. Vol. 6, no 1, p. 31-64
Keywords [en]
biomechanical load, digital human modelling, wrist, repetitive strain injuries, direct measurements, exposure-response relationship, physical workload, work-related musculoskeletal disorders, risk assessment
National Category
Robotics
Research subject
ENGINEERING, Manufacturing and materials engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-7124DOI: 10.1504/IJHFMS.2018.091356OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-7124DiVA, id: diva2:770644
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Ingår i dissertation
2014-12-112014-12-112020-05-04Bibliographically approved
In thesis