Evaluation of physical workload during work behavior for work environment design from biomechanical perspective: a case study in initial orientation selection of work object for manual handling tasks.

To improve workability, designing the work environment by considering physical workload can be effective. This paper proposes a new quantitative evaluation method of physical workload during work behavior, which uses quaternion and joint torque ratio. As an indicator of physical workload, the propos...

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Publicado en:Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 15 - 32
Autores principales: Kuramoto, Akisue, Hiranai, Kazuki, Seo, Akihiko
Formato: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2021
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          Kuramoto, Akisue
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        affil: Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hino, Tokyo, Japan
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          Biomechanics
          Workload Measurement
          Work Environment
          Job Performance
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Human
          Work Capacity Evaluation
          Torque
          Rotation
          Posture
          Electromyography
          Ergonomics
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