Objective: The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among dentists is high and adversely affects the quality life. In this study, we aimed to evaluate complaints, working postures, risk MSDs dentistry students across different departments. Methods: 180 were divided into six groups according their For evaluation used standardized Nordic questionnaire. postures potentiality evaluated us...

Musculoskeletal symptoms, visual fatigue and stress are the common health hazards among the computer users. The objective of this study is to compute the level of risk among the computer users using Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) method. Working postures are recorded with 10 participants having age range from 25 to 33. It is observed that more than 70% postures are harmful for prolonged use...

Evaluation of potential risks of musculoskeletal disorders in real workstations is challenging as the environment is cluttered, which makes it difficult to correctly assess the pose of a worker. Being marker-free and calibration-free, Microsoft Kinect is a promising device to assess these poses, but it can deliver unreliable poses especially when occlusions occur. To overcome this problem, we p...

background: back and shoulder pain are most common musculoskeletal disorders in students, that the way of sitting or interactions with academic equipment is a major risk factor for these disorders.  the aims of this study is redesign and construct a prototype of painting chair (kharak) by using industrial design and ergonomic methods to reduce musculoskeletal disorders and increase user satisfa...

Banyaknya data yang harus diinput ke dalam P-Care membuat para relawan bekerja secara cepat dengan kondisi tubuh mereka tidak nyaman karena jarak dari kursi meja laptop berjauhan. Studi ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji masalah terjadi kepada relawan, penilaian kerja dilakukan berdasarkan prinsip biomekanika pendekatan RULA. Berdasarkan perhitungan menggunakan RULA didapatkan bahwa sikap operator pa...

Objectives: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are a global problem which evolves at different workplaces such as industries, administrative, and agriculture sectors. In various studies, such disorders were assessed through multiple methods. It is necessary to evaluate different tools to use them in diverse communities. The aim of this study was to assess the validity of the new ergonomic e...

The objectives of this study were to examine the agreement between 5 ergonomic risk assessment methods calculated on the basis of quantitative exposure measures and to examine the ability of the methods to correctly classify 4 at risk jobs. Surface electromyography and electrogoniometry were used to record the physical exposures of 87 sawmill workers performing 4 repetitive jobs. Five ergonomic...