Exoskeletons for industrial application and their potential effects on physical work load

Ergonomics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 671-681

  de Looze, Michiel P ^a,b   Bosch, Tim ^a   Krause, Frank ^a   Stadler, Konrad S ^c   O’Sullivan, Leonard W ^d  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

discomfort; Exoskeleton; industry; physical workload

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; INDUSTRY; MUSCLE;

ACTIVE EXOSKELETON; DISCOMFORT; EXOSKELETON; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MUSCULO-SKELETAL INJURIES; PHYSICAL WORKLOADS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; UNDERLYING FACTORS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXOSKELETON (REHABILITATION); HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); WEIGHT BEARING; WORKLOAD;

BACK MUSCLES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EXOSKELETON DEVICE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MOVEMENT; WEIGHT-BEARING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84945218492     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1081988     Document Type: Review

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