scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS ON THE WEARABLE ASSIST SUIT FOR REPETITIVE AGRICULTURAL TASK

2021 ◽  
pp. 2140032
Author(s):  
EUN-HYE CHA ◽  
KYONG KIM ◽  
SEUNG-YONG OH ◽  
MI YU ◽  
TAE-KYU KWON
Keyword(s):  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Human Impact ◽  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Physiological Signals ◽  
Industrial Accident ◽  
Elastic Band ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Fitness Evaluation ◽  
Before And After

Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common among farmers and farming constitutes the highest industrial accident rate. To prevent these, we developed a smart auxiliary workwear and investigated its effectiveness through human impact assessment experiments. In our method, the actuator of the waist elastic band was released when there was no need to directly adjust the length with the strength support of the waist, and the elastic band was held once the motion using the waist strength disappeared. To examine the performance, 15 workers were recruited; before the experiment, they were subjected to a basic fitness evaluation to examine their general characteristics. The lumbar peak torques before and after wearing the designed work clothes were measured using the Biodex System III to determine their lumbar assistance power, which was confirmed to have increased by approximately 17%. In addition, electromyographic comparison of the amount of muscle used before and after the wearing revealed that the muscle use was reduced by 26.41% and 19.38% after wearing the work clothes when the weight was lifted in the stooping and squatting postures, respectively. Based on these results, it can be stated that the proposed smart assistive work clothes could contribute to reduced muscle usage required for work and lessen related weariness by supporting the waist, and thus, would greatly help farmers in preventing musculoskeletal disorders.

The effectiveness of human impact assessment in the Finnish Healthy Cities Network

Public Health ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 120 (11) ◽  
pp. 1033-1041 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kauppinen ◽  
K. Nelimarkka ◽  
K. Perttilä
Keyword(s):  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Human Impact ◽  
Healthy Cities

scholarly journals The Prediction of Industrial Accident Rate in Korea: A Time Series Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Eunsuk Choi ◽  
Gyeong-Suk Jeon ◽  
Won Kee Lee ◽  
Young Sun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Time Series Analysis ◽  
Industrial Accident ◽  
Accident Rate ◽  
Series Analysis

The Improvement of Work Posture Using RULA (Rapid Upper Limb Assessment) Analysis to Decrease Subjective Disorders of Strawberry Farmers in Bali

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Yusuf ◽  
Nyoman Adiputra ◽  
I Dewa Putu Sutjana ◽  
Ketut Tirtayasa
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Sound Level ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Work Posture ◽  
General Fatigue ◽  
Environment Temperature ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After

Workload was predicted based on work pulse that was measured using 10 beats method on radial artery with stopwatch. The indication of subjective disorders was measured based on the farmers’ general fatigue and musculoskeletal disorders before and after work. General fatigue was measured using 30 Items Self Rating Questionnaire Industrial Fatigue Research Committee from Japan Association of Industrial Health, while musculoskeletal disorders were measured using NIOSH Nordic Body Map Subjective Filling. Environment temperature was measured using sling Psychrometer. Noise was measured using Gossen’s sound level meter. Statistical analysis to find out the mean difference of the data before and after work was analyzed using t-Paired test with significance level of 5%. RULA result recommended changing from bending work posture using the old tool into standing work posture using new hole maker. The old work posture (P0) showed RULA grand score of 7 with high risk level, while the new work posture (P1) showed RULA grand score of 3 with low risk level. There was significant difference on subjective disorders of the farmers (p<0.05) on P0 and P1 on general fatigue and musculoskeletal disorders. The fatigue score of P0 was 51.27 while P1 was 40.82 which meant there was reduction of 20.4%. While the musculoskeletal disorders score of P0 was 70.75 and P1 was 50.58 which meant there was reduction of 28.5%. It can be concluded that the improvement of work posture using RULA analysis decreases work risk level and subjective disorders of strawberry farmers in Bali.

scholarly journals Miniscalpel-Needle Treatment Is Effective for Work-Related Neck and Shoulder Musculoskeletal Disorders

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuming Li ◽  
Tong Shen ◽  
Yongshan Liang ◽  
Bo Bai ◽  
Ying Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Neck Disability Index ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Neck Disability ◽  
Serum Crp

Background.Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a group of painful disorders of muscles, tendons, and nerves, such as neck and shoulder MSD. This study was designed to use miniscalpel-needle (MSN) technique as an intervention for work-related MSDs.Methods.Thirty-one patients with work-related MSDs and 28 healthy subjects were enrolled as controls in this study. The MSD symptoms of each patient were assessed by visual analog scale (VAS) and neck disability index (NDI). Blood samples were collected from control subjects and MSD patients before and after treatment. Serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) were measured using ELISA.Results.Prior to MSN treatment, serum levels of CRP and TNF were significantly higher in the MSD patients than the healthy controls. Serum CRP levels correlated with VAS and NDI scores, and serum TNF levels correlated with NDI scores. Compared to pretreatment, VAS and NDI scores were significantly lower in MSD patients after MSN treatment, while serum CRP and TNF levels were significantly lower compared with the healthy control levels.Conclusions.Our results indicate that MSN may be an effective intervention for work-related MSDs and be associated with lower serum levels of inflammatory biomarkers.

The ecological complexity of the Thai-Laos Mekong River: I. Geology, seasonal variation and human impact assessment on river quality

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (13) ◽  
pp. 1661-1673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veerasak Udomchoke ◽  
Patcharee Sunthornranun ◽  
Apisit Songsasen ◽  
Kantimanee Phanwichien ◽  
Pongsakorn Jiwapornkupt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Human Impact ◽  
Mekong River ◽  
River Quality ◽  
Ecological Complexity
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