Quantification of Wrist Motion in Highly Repetitive, Hand-Intensive Industrial Jobs

Details

• Personal Author:
  Marras WS ; Schoenmarklin RW
• Description:
  A study was conducted to investigate the effects of wrist motion components on risk of hand/wrist cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) in an industrial environment. A quantitative surveillance study was performed in industry in which workers' wrist motion was monitored on the factory floor. A total of 40 subjects from eight industrial sites participated in the study. The wrist motion parameters that were monitored on each subject were static (position), and dynamic (velocity and acceleration measures in each plane of movement radial/ulnar, flexion/extension, and pronation/supination). The major findings of the study were that wrist position parameters were limited in predicting CTD risk; that there were significant differences between CTD risk levels for all angular velocity and acceleration parameters in all three planes of wrist movement; that the best predictor of CTD risk was flexion/extension average acceleration; that the second best predictor of CTD risk was flexion/extension average velocity; and that there is a need for further research on the dynamic components of wrist motion in order to effectively use quantitative measures of wrist motion to prevent CTDs in industry. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cumulative Trauma Disorders Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Arm-injuries Carpal-tunnel-syndrome Cumulative-trauma-disorders Hand-injuries Muscle-stress Musculoskeletal-system-disorders NIOSH-Grant Repetitive-work
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-136
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00199726
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB91-226191
• Citation:
  Biodynamics Laboratory, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1991 Mar; :1-136
• Contact Point Address:
  Industrial and Systems Engr Ohio State University 1971 Neil Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Performing Organization:
  Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19890101
• Source Full Name:
  Biodynamics Laboratory, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• End Date:
  19901231
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:453a25c891bcbb496dfb3b4978221472bfab570970bea51c92a0a69b4148e852db8280c938742f114131d00e7bb19bff4586367b032aecc2db65328641b186c2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217801/cdc_217801_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.00 MB ]