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ArticlePloS one2022

Centre of pressure parameters for the assessment of biomechanical risk in fatiguing frequency-dependent lifting activities.

Carmen D'Anna, Tiwana Varrecchia, Alberto Ranavolo, Alessandro Marco De Nunzio, Deborah Falla, Francesco Draicchio, Silvia Conforto

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Carmen D'AnnaDepartment of Engineering, Roma Tre University, Roma, Lazio, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3271-3075
Tiwana VarrecchiaDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3910-2728
Alberto RanavoloDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy.
Alessandro Marco De NunzioLUNEX International University of Health, Exercise and Sports, Differdange, Luxembourg.ORCID 0000-0003-4862-6742
Deborah FallaCentre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (CPR Spine), School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1689-6190
Francesco DraicchioDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy.
Silvia ConfortoDepartment of Engineering, Roma Tre University, Roma, Lazio, Italy.
Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro · ITRoma Tre University · ITUniversity of Birmingham · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lifting tasks, among manual material handling activities, are those mainly associated with low back pain. In recent years, several instrumental-based tools were developed to quantitatively assess the biomechanical risk during lifting activities. In this study, parameters related to balance and extracted from the Centre of Pressure (CoP) data series are studied in fatiguing frequency-dependent lifting activities to: i) explore the possibility of classifying people with LBP and asymptomatic people during the execution of task; ii) examine the assessment of the risk levels associated with repetitive lifting activities, iii) enhance current understanding of postural control strategies during lifting tasks. Data were recorded from 14 asymptomatic participants and 7 participants with low back pain. The participants performed lifting tasks in three different lifting conditions (with increasing lifting frequency and risk levels) and kinetic and surface electromyography (sEMG) data were acquired. Kinetic data were used to calculated the CoP and parameters extracted from the latter show a discriminant capacity for the groups and the risk levels. Furthermore, sEMG parameters show a trend compatible with myoelectric manifestations of muscular fatigue. Correlation results between sEMG and CoP velocity parameters revealed a positive correlation between amplitude sEMG parameters and CoP velocity in both groups and a negative correlation between frequency sEMG parameters and CoP velocity. The current findings suggest that it is possible to quantitatively assess the risk level when monitoring fatiguing lifting tasks by using CoP parameters as well as identify different motor strategies between people with and without LBP.

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Low Back PainMuscle FatigueBiomechanical PhenomenaElectromyographyFatigueHumansLiftingMuscle, Skeletal

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