Effect of a redesigned two-wheeled container for refuse collecting on mechanical loading of low and back and shoulders
| Autor: | Bart Visser, Allard J. van der Beek, Marco J.M. Hoozemans, Jaap H. van Dieën, DirkJan Veeger, Wiebe H K de Vries, P. Paul F. M. Kuijer, Idsart Kingma, Monique H. W. Frings-Dresen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Public and occupational health, APH - Amsterdam Public Health, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, CCA -Cancer Center Amsterdam, Kinesiology, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Male Shoulder Engineering Shoulders Physical Exertion Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Human Factors and Ergonomics Kinematics Container (type theory) Displacement (vector) Contact force Working condition Weight-Bearing Forensic engineering Humans Low back Hand Strength business.industry Lumbosacral Region Equipment Design Structural engineering Refuse Disposal Occupational Diseases Lumbar spine business |
| Zdroj: | Ergonomics, 46(6), 543-560. Taylor and Francis Ltd. Kuijer, P P F M, Hoozemans, M J M, Kingma, I, Van Dieëm, J H, De Vries, W H K, Veeger, D J H E J, Van Der Beek, A J, Visser, B & Frings-Dresen, M H W 2003, ' Effect of a redesigned two-wheeled container for refuse collecting on mechanical loading of low and back and shoulders ', Ergonomics, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 543-560 . https://doi.org/10.1080/0014013031000065619 Ergonomics, 46, 543-560. Taylor and Francis Ltd. Kuijer, P P F M, Hoozemans, M J M, Kingma, I, van Dieen, J H, de Vries, W K H, Veeger, H E J, Visser, B, van der Beek, A J & Frings-Dresen, M H W 2003, ' Effect of a redesigned two-wheeled container for refuse collecting on mechanical loading of low back and shoulders ', Ergonomics, vol. 46, pp. 543-560 . https://doi.org/10.1080/0014013031000065619 |
| ISSN: | 0014-0139 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0014013031000065619 |
| Popis: | The objective of this study was to compare the mechanical and perceived workload when working with a redesigned two-wheeled container and working with a standard two-wheeled container for refuse collecting. The three changes in the design of the container were a displacement of the position of the centre of mass in the direction of the axis of the wheels, a slight increase in the height of the handle and a slight increase in the horizontal distance between the handle and the wheel-axis, and an increase in the diameter of the wheels. The volume of the container remained 0.240 m3. Nine refuse collectors performed some of their most frequent daily activities with both types of containers in the laboratory. Kinematics and exerted hand forces were assessed as input for detailed 3D biomechanical models of the low back and shoulder to estimate net moments at the low back and shoulders, compressive forces at the low back and contact forces at the glenohumeral joint. Also, the refuse collectors rated the ease of handling the two-wheeled containers on a five point scale. The use of the redesigned container resulted in a decrease of the exerted hand forces of 27%, decreases in the net moments at the low back and shoulders of 8% and 20%, respectively, and a decrease of 32% of the contact force at the glenohumeral joint when compared to the standard container. However, pulling an empty redesigned container on to the pavement resulted in an increase of the shoulder moment of more than 100%. No differences between container types were found for the compressive forces at the low back. Pushing and pulling with the redesigned container was rated as easier than pushing and pulling with the standard container. No differences in subjective ratings were found for the tasks of turning the container or pulling an empty container onto the pavement. It is concluded that, provided that empty containers are placed back onto the pavement as infrequently as possible, the introduction of the redesigned container could result in a reduction of the low back and shoulder load for refuse collectors. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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