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Published October 10, 2020 | Version v1
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The Sensor-Based Biomechanical Risk Assessment at the Base of the Need for Revising of Standards for Human Ergonomics

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, 00040 Rome, Italy
  • 2. HRI2 Laboratory, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 16163 Genova, Italy;
  • 3. LIRMM, University Montpellier, CNRS, 34000 Montpellier, France
  • 4. Centro di Ricerca "Enrico Piaggio" and Department of Information Engineering, Università di Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
  • 5. Ergonomics Division, IMK Automotive GmbH, 09128 Chemnitz, Germany
  • 6. Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands
  • 7. Brubotics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Flanders Make, Oude Diestersebaan 133, 3920 Lommel, Belgium

Description

This Letter detected the need for revising the standards for human ergonomics and biomechanical risk assessment by analyzing the work-related musculoskeletal disorder prevalence and incidence. Moreover, this article listed strengths and weaknesses of traditional methods within the International Standards for manual handling activities and the next challenges needed for their revision are considered.

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Funding

European Commission
SOPHIA - Socio-physical Interaction Skills for Cooperative Human-Robot Systems in Agile Production 871237