设计和评估OmniSuit:一个被动的职业外骨架,用于背部和肩膀支
Rachel van Sluijs1, Tamina Scholtysik2, Annina Brunner1
1Auxivo AG, Sonnenbergstrasse 74, Schwerzenbach, 8603, Zürich, Switzerland.
Applied ergonomics
|June 14, 2024
概括
这项研究介绍了OmniSuit,一种新的被动职业外骨架,旨在减少在体力苛刻的任务中肌肉的紧张. 外骨架显著降低了肩膀和背部的肌肉活动,证明了其在预防肌肉骨损伤方面的有效性.
科学领域:
- 职业健康和安全 职业健康和安全
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 可穿戴式机器人技术
背景情况:
- 身体苛刻的工作往往会导致肌肉骨损伤,因为重复举重.
- 职业外骨架提供了一个潜在的解决方案,在艰苦的运动中支持背部和肩膀.
研究的目的:
- 为了介绍OmniSuit,一个新的被动职业外骨架.
- 评估其生物机械设计,生理效益和适用于体力苛刻的任务的可用性.
主要方法:
- 详细介绍了OmniSuit的功能设计特征和生物机械方面的考虑.
- 31名健康的志愿者在实验室环境中,在有外骨和没有外骨的情况下,执行了苛刻的任务.
- 测量了肌肉活动 (Deltoid,Trapezius,勃起脊柱) 和用户舒适度.
主要成果:
- 在抬头时,OmniSuit显著降低了多达49.1%的Deltoid,Trapezius和Erector Spinae肌肉活动.
- 立体脊柱活动在倾斜和腰时降低了高达41.5%.
- 测量支持与生物机械模型保持一致,用户报告了良好的可用性与最小的不适.
结论:
- 在体力苛刻的任务中,OmniSuit有效地减少了背部和肩膀的肌肉疲劳.
- 生物机械模型有助于设计一种人体工程学和高效的外骨架.
- 被动性职业外骨架在预防与工作相关的肌肉骨损伤方面表现有前途.
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