Prediction accuracy in estimating joint angle trajectories using a video posture coding method for sagittal lifting tasks

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1039-1047

  Chang, Chien Chi ^a   McGorry, Raymond W ^a   Lin, Jia hua ^a   Xu, Xu ^b   Hsiang, Simon M ^c  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Lifting simulation; Manual materials handling; Posture matching; Video coding

Indexed keywords

CODING METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC MOTION TRACKING; ESTIMATE ACCURACY; JOINT ANGLE; JOINT TRAJECTORIES; LIFTING POSTURE; LIFTING SIMULATION; LOADING CONDITION; MANUAL CODING; MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING; MATCHING METHODS; PREDICTION ACCURACY; PREDICTION ALGORITHMS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SAGITTAL LIFTING TASKS; SAGITTAL PLANE; VIDEO CODING;

ALGORITHMS; ELEVATORS; ERGONOMICS; FLOORS; FORECASTING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PLANT LAYOUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAJECTORIES; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINTS; LIFTING; MALE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954844589     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2010.489963     Document Type: Article

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