Inertial motion capture-based estimation of L5/S1 moments during manual materials handling

A Muller, H Mecheri, P Corbeil, A Plamondon… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inertial motion capture (IMC) has gained popularity in conducting ergonomic studies in the
workplace. Because of the need to measure contact forces, most of these in situ studies are …

Biomechanical differences in experts' and novices' footstep patterns during a palletizing task

JV Marcotte, X Robert-Lachaine, D Denis, A Muller… - Applied Ergonomics, 2023 - Elsevier
Very few studies have examined differences between experts' and novices' foot positioning
and movements during manual materials handling tasks. The impact of footstep patterns on …

Trunk muscle co-activation and activity in one-and two-person lifting

G Chini, T Varrecchia, A Tatarelli, A Silvetti… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effect of one-person and two-person team lifting on trunk muscular co-activation and
activity was investigated in this study, and the results were associated with forces at the …

The influence of transfer distance and pace of work on foot positioning strategies and low back loading in a manual material handling task

JV Marcotte, X Robert-Lachaine, A Muller, D Denis… - Applied Ergonomics, 2024 - Elsevier
Foot positioning strategies are a key parameter in manual materials handling. The objective
of this study was to assess the effects of transfer distance, pace and foot positioning on low …

Does a soft actuated back exosuit influence multimodal physiological measurements and user perception during an industry inspired task?

MIM Refai, S Sridar, R Govaerts, G Chini… - 2023 International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Back support soft exosuits are promising solutions to reduce risk of musculoskeletal injuries
at workplaces resulting from physically demanding and repetitive lifting tasks. Design of …

Know your limits. Predicting lift capacity using time series spine kinematics for a military manual handling task

JK Proud - 2022 - vuir.vu.edu.au
In Australia, 41% of industry injury claims are due to manual handling tasks, costing $14.58
billion annually. In the Australian Army, 78% of physically demanding tasks are considered …

Development of a low cost pressure sensitive mat: application to stability and posture measurement

J Martínez Cesteros, I Plaza García… - zaguan.unizar.es
Tactile sensors have found application in many fields such as robotics, video games,
rehabilitation or health. In this study several prototypes of Pressure Sensitive Mats (PSMs) …