Wearable stooping-assist device in reducing risk of low back disorders during stooped work

2013 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, IEEE ICMA 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 230-236

  Luo, Ziguo ^a,b   Yu, Yong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Electromyography; Low back disorders; Stooped work; Wearable stooping assist device

Indexed keywords

EMG AMPLITUDE; ERECTOR SPINAE; HIGH INCIDENCE; LOW BACK DISORDER; PHYSICAL DEMAND; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; STOOPED WORK; WEARABLE STOOPING-ASSIST DEVICE;

BIOMECHANICS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

EID: 84887912288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2013.6617923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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