Joint loading topography during occupational tasks - A musculoskeletal modeling approach to substantiate ergonomic recommendations

To improve ergonomic recommendations and decrease work-related musculoskeletal disorders, thorough documentation of full-body, joint loading topography during occupational tasks is needed. Therefore, the purpose this study was to document full-body internal in terms estimated contact forces tasks. In addition, also compared proxies (e.g., external moments) commonly used assess injury risk 3D motion capture ground reaction were measured while 20 participants performed ten A modeling workflow with a detailed spine calculate forces, their association moments evaluated. Lifting 10 kg from imposed highest all other lifting tasks, hip height shoulder lowest loading. Only involving standing upright posture, did correlate well The could inform on optimized load distribution across different anatomical regions.