Applying the quick exposure check in the workstation design process, physical and virtual prototype assessment.
BACKGROUND: The Quick Exposure Check (QEC) assesses four major body parts and engages users in assessing some physical interactions relevant to design in task analysis. OBJECTIVE: In this paper, we investigated the application of QEC as the ergonomic intervention to detect pre-production ergonomic d...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 76; no. 2; pp. 569 - 587 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=173163328&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 173163328 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2023 vid: 76 iid: 2 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 173163328 162410058 173163328 173163328 10.3233/WOR-220503 173163328 ppf: 569 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Applying the quick exposure check in the workstation design process, physical and virtual prototype assessment. aug: au: Ipaki, Bahram Molenbroek, Johan F.M. Merrikhpour, Zahra Faregh, Seyed Ali affil: Faculty of Design, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Tabriz, Iran sug: subj: Ergonomics Apple Agriculture Task Performance and Analysis Classification Equipment Design Human Questionnaires Iran Posture Evaluation Focus Groups Pressure Arm Physiology Back Physiology Shoulder Physiology Neck Physiology Anthropometry Musculoskeletal Diseases Prevention and Control Work Environment Quality Assessment Descriptive Statistics Musculoskeletal Diseases Risk Factors Transportation Precision Concept Formation Equipment Safety Pretest-Posttest Design Data Analysis Software Imaging, Three-Dimensional Software Productivity Risk Assessment ab: BACKGROUND: The Quick Exposure Check (QEC) assesses four major body parts and engages users in assessing some physical interactions relevant to design in task analysis. OBJECTIVE: In this paper, we investigated the application of QEC as the ergonomic intervention to detect pre-production ergonomic design faults in the apple sorting machine by applying physical and virtual prototyping for three different tasks analysis divided into two phases (Task 1: Apple harvesting and preparation for sorting; Task 2: Sorting control and separation of waste fruits; Task 3: Transfer of separated apples). METHOD: First, the QEC questionnaire was administered while Iranian participants interacted with the machine to detect abnormal posture. Second, we redesigned a concept of the machine and assessed it with QEC by a focus group. RESULTS: Before design, the high pressure in Task 1 is on the back (dynamic), shoulder/arm, and very high pressure in Task 2, and in Task 3 on the back (static), arm/shoulder/neck, making an uncomfortable situation for posture. After redesign, we observed decreased pressures on the back/shoulder/arm in Task 1 from high to medium, in Task 3 from very high to low, and also in Task 2, this was detectable decreasing from very high pressures on the back/shoulder/arm and the high pressures on the neck to medium. CONCLUSION: Prototyping with QEC demonstrated that accurate redesigning of the machine with concentration on shifting from static tasks to dynamic or conversely, and ease of access by adjusting dimensions according to anthropometry and auxiliary products, could reduce musculoskeletal disorders. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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