Toward electronic work design.

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• Personal Author:
  Lee HT
• Description:
  A dynamic lifting model was developed which provided a lifting profile with the associated biomechanical loads at each joint within the dynamic strength limits. A mathematical programming approach was used to simulate and evaluate lifting tasks to avoid the need for human motion tracking experiments, data collection, and data analysis procedures. The hypothesis on which the model was based was that human lifting patterns follow the principle of minimizing mechanical work, while maximizing the utilization of the musculoskeletal system. Two lifting tasks were simulated using the model. The first example was lifting from floor to knuckle height and the second dealt with lifting from floor to shoulder height. The simulation study paid particular attention to the mechanical behavior of the link system and demonstrated that the associated differences between the predicted motion and the measured motion was biomechanically feasible and the accuracy was considered adequate with an average U statistics ranging from 0.012 to 0.209. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Ergonomics Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Biomechanics Human-factors-engineering Materials-handling Mathematical-models Musculoskeletal-system NIOSH-Grant Physical-capacity Safety-engineering
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Publisher:
  Human Factors Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00184589
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 32nd Annual Meeting, Riding the Wave of Innovation, October 24-28, 1988, Anaheim, California. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors Society, 1988 Oct; 1:622-626
• Contact Point Address:
  Industrial Engineering Texas Tech University P O Box 4130 Lubbock, Tex 79409
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1989
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Performing Organization:
  Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19880101
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 32nd Annual Meeting, Riding the Wave of Innovation, October 24-28, 1988, Anaheim, California
• End Date:
  19950831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bf47086c6793f92e1c1acb8b727b1f1c2b96c8396536c3146f6403682b6c5408ebe41b091c1a8f25a931cb7a1e6d5c7b160ec1bb7ba87f1c27934f4056a6266b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185685/cdc_185685_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 468.24 KB ]