conclusions significant association of work experience and age with musculoskeletal disorders shows that individual’s education and knowledge improvements with regard to ergonomics risk factors and correction of work postures are very important and ought to follow management and technical practices in the organization. results the mean and standard deviation of participants’ age was 35.4 ± 6.7 ...

The purpose of this study was to develop an automated, RULA-based posture assessment system using a deep learning algorithm estimate RULA scores, including scores for wrist posture, based on images workplace postures. proposed estimation reported mean absolute error (MAE) 2.86 the validation dataset obtained by randomly splitting 20% original training before data augmentation. results were comp...

A company needs to know each employee's ability reduce accidents that happen workers due a lack of study on ergonomic principles. The research was conducted at construction producing paving blocks in Kediri. production capacity the is 1000 paving/day. In 2017, three work were caused by fast pace reaching tired phase while working. Pulling, lifting, and putting down carrying weighty loads repeti...

AIM Asthma may result in postural disorders due to increased activity of accessory respiratory muscles and hyperinflation. Our primary objective was to assess the correlation between pulmonary function and posture in adult patients with asthma. Secondarily, we aimed to study the correlation between body composition and body posture in this group of patients. METHOD This was a cross-sectional ...

background: movement dysfunction may be expressed in terms of symptoms experienced in non-physiological postures, and head-down crooked kneeling (hdck) is a posture frequently assumed by muslims during prayer activities. the purpose of this study was to investigate the cardiovascular responses in the hdck posture. methods: seventy healthy volunteers, comprising 35 males and 35 females, particip...

BACKGROUND The association between body postural changes and temporomandibular disorders (TMD) has been widely discussed in the literature, however, there is little evidence to support this association. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to conduct a systematic review to assess the evidence concerning the association between static body postural misalignment and TMD. METHOD A searc...

purpose: altered kinematics of the scapula or scapular dyskinesis (downward rotation, anterior tilt, and protraction) contribute to impingement syndrome by decreasing the subacromial space. given the critical role of scapular position and movement in the function of the shoulder, the aim of this study was to compare scapular position and dyskinesis in individuals with and without rounded should...