A data-driven approach to modeling physical fatigue in the workplace using wearable sensors

ZS Maman, MAA Yazdi, LA Cavuoto, FM Megahed - Applied ergonomics, 2017 - Elsevier
Wearable sensors are currently being used to manage fatigue in professional athletics,
transportation and mining industries. In manufacturing, physical fatigue is a challenging …

Barriers to the adoption of wearable sensors in the workplace: A survey of occupational safety and health professionals

MC Schall Jr, RF Sesek, LA Cavuoto - Human factors, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To gather information on the (a) types of wearable sensors, particularly personal
activity monitors, currently used by occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals;(b) …

[PDF][PDF] Protección de la seguridad y salud de los trabajadores. Una revisión desde la perspectiva global, latinoamericana y venezolana

ER Márquez - Ingeniería industrial. Actualidad y nuevas tendencias, 2010 - redalyc.org
Se presenta una investigación de carácter bibliográfico que pretende indagar sobre la
evolución y tendencia futura de la protección de la salud y seguridad de los trabajadores …

Performance evaluation of a wearable inertial motion capture system for capturing physical exposures during manual material handling tasks

S Kim, MA Nussbaum - Ergonomics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
With a long-term goal of improving quantification of physical exposures in the workplace, this
study examined the ability of a commercially available inertial motion capture (IMC) system …

Effects of military load carriage on kinematics of gait

D Majumdar, MS Pal, D Majumdar - Ergonomics, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Manual load carriage is a universal activity and an inevitable part of the daily schedule of a
soldier. Indian Infantry soldiers carry loads on the waist, back, shoulders and in the hands for …

Outcomes of arthroscopic rotator cuff repairs in obese patients

WJ Warrender, OL Brown, JA Abboud - Journal of shoulder and elbow …, 2011 - Elsevier
HYPOTHESIS: Rotator cuff tears are common orthopedic injuries and their arthroscopic
treatment can be technically challenging. This study evaluated the outcomes of arthroscopic …

The Strain Index (SI) and Threshold Limit Value (TLV) for Hand Activity Level (HAL): risk of carpal tunnelsyndrome (CTS) in a prospective cohort

A Garg, J Kapellusch, K Hegmann, J Wertsch… - Ergonomics, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
A cohort of 536 workers was enrolled from 10 diverse manufacturing facilities and was
followed monthly for six years. Job physical exposures were individually measured. Worker …

The NIOSH lifting equation and low-back pain, Part 1: Association with low-back pain in the backworks prospective cohort study

A Garg, S Boda, KT Hegmann, JS Moore… - Human …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate relationships between the revised NIOSH
lifting equation (RNLE) and risk of low-back pain (LBP). Background: The RNLE is …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of load mass and position on the dynamic loading of the knees, shoulders and lumbar spine during lifting: a musculoskeletal modelling approach

S Skals, R Bláfoss, M de Zee, LL Andersen… - Applied Ergonomics, 2021 - Elsevier
Musculoskeletal models may enhance our understanding of the dynamic loading of the
joints during manual material handling. This study used state-of-the-art musculoskeletal …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure–response relationships for the ACGIH threshold limit value for hand-activity level: results from a pooled data study of carpal tunnel syndrome

JM Kapellusch, FE Gerr, EJ Malloy, A Garg… - … journal of work …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective This paper aimed to quantify exposure–response relationships between the
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists'(ACGIH) threshold limit value …