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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Inertial Motion Capture-Based Estimation of L5/S1 Moments during Manual Materials Handling.

Antoine Muller, Hakim Mecheri, Philippe Corbeil, André Plamondon, Xavier Robert-Lachaine

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Antoine MullerUniv Lyon, Univ Gustave Eiffel, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, LBMC UMR_T 9406, F-69622 Lyon, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2606-1429
Hakim MecheriInstitut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST), Montreal, QC H3A 3C2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6505-1103
Philippe CorbeilDepartment of Kinesiology, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9934-3825
André PlamondonInstitut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST), Montreal, QC H3A 3C2, Canada.
Xavier Robert-LachaineInstitut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST), Montreal, QC H3A 3C2, Canada.
Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail · CACentre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean · CAUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FR

Funding

Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail #2017-0019Mitacs IT13662
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inertial motion capture (IMC) has gained popularity in conducting ergonomic studies in the workplace. Because of the need to measure contact forces, most of these in situ studies are limited to a kinematic analysis, such as posture or working technique analysis. This paper aims to develop and evaluate an IMC-based approach to estimate back loading during manual material handling (MMH) tasks. During various representative workplace MMH tasks performed by nine participants, this approach was evaluated by comparing the results with the ones computed from optical motion capture and a large force platform. Root mean square errors of 21 Nm and 15 Nm were obtained for flexion and asymmetric L5/S1 moments, respectively. Excellent correlations were found between both computations on indicators based on L5/S1 peak and cumulative flexion moments, while lower correlations were found on indicators based on asymmetric moments. Since no force measurement or load kinematics measurement is needed, this study shows the potential of using only the handler's kinematics measured by IMC to estimate kinetics variables. The assessment of workplace physical exposure, including L5/S1 moments, will allow more complete ergonomics evaluation and will improve the ecological validity compared to laboratory studies, where the situations are often simplified and standardized.

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ErgonomicsPostureBiomechanical PhenomenaHumansMechanical PhenomenaRange of Motion, Articularground reaction forcesinertial measurement units (IMU)in situ analysiskineticswearable systemsworkplace ergonomics

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