Loads on the body during static tasks: software incorporating the posture targetting method
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Computerized Dynamic Posturography for Postural Control Assessment in Patients with Intermittent Claudication
Published on: December 11, 2013
1Institute for Occupational Ergonomics, University of Nottingham, UK.
Abstract:
The biomechanical evaluation of loads on the body is one of the tools that facilitate the assessment of manual handling tasks. A computer program has been developed to determine moments about joints during static tasks. It differentiates between flexion/ extension, rotation and adduction/abduction requirements so that the major efforts can be identified and compared with population strength data. It also evaluates loads on the spine and within low-back muscles for purposes of comparison with many manual handling studies. Posture and a variety of external forces are input to the system with a choice of two interchangeable methods: one uses a 'CODA' scanner for on-line posture recording in the laboratory, the other is 'posture targetting', a pen-and-paper method adapted for the computer.
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