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ArticleErgonomics2015

A hand speed-duty cycle equation for estimating the ACGIH hand activity level rating.

Oguz Akkas, David P Azari, Chia-Hsiung Eric Chen, Yu Hen Hu, Sheryl S Ulin, Thomas J Armstrong, David Rempel, Robert G Radwin

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Article in Ergonomics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Oguz Akkasa Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering , University of Wisconsin-Madison , Madison , WI , USA.
David P Azari
Chia-Hsiung Eric Chen
Yu Hen Hu
Sheryl S Ulin
Thomas J Armstrong
David Rempel
Robert G Radwin
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Video Exposure Assessment of Hand Activity LevelR21OH010221 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RADWIN, ROBERT G · 2012 to 2013
$402k
Video Motion Analysis of Repetitive ExertionsR21EB014583 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RADWIN, ROBERT G · 2012 to 2013
$391k
Collaborative Study:Workplace Musculoskeletal DisordersR01OH007914 · OH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI REMPEL, DAVID M · 2003 to 2006
$368k
NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB014583NIOSH CDC HHS R01 OH007914NIOSH CDC HHS R01OH007914NIOSH CDC HHS R21 OH010221NIOSH CDC HHS R21OH010221
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An equation was developed for estimating hand activity level (HAL) directly from tracked root mean square (RMS) hand speed (S) and duty cycle (D). Table lookup, equation or marker-less video tracking can estimate HAL from motion/exertion frequency (F) and D. Since automatically estimating F is sometimes complex, HAL may be more readily assessed using S. Hands from 33 videos originally used for the HAL rating were tracked to estimate S, scaled relative to hand breadth (HB), and single-frame analysis was used to measure D. Since HBs were unknown, a Monte Carlo method was employed for iteratively estimating the regression coefficients from US Army anthropometry survey data. The equation: HAL = 10[e(-15:87+0:02D+2:25 ln S)/(1+e(-15:87+0:02D+2:25 ln S)], R(2) = 0.97, had a residual range ± 0.5 HAL. The S equation superiorly fits the Latko et al. ( 1997 ) data and predicted independently observed HAL values (Harris 2011) better (MSE = 0.16) than the F equation (MSE = 1.28).

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Physical ExertionTask Performance and AnalysisAnthropometryBiomechanical PhenomenaHandHumansMilitary PersonnelMovementOccupational HealthRegression AnalysisThreshold Limit ValuesUnited StatesWorkexposure assessmentrepetitive motionwork-related musculoskeletal disorders

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PMCPMC4664886
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