A device to monitor fatigue level in order-picking

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 714-727

  Calzavara, Martina ^a   Persona, Alessandro ^a   Sgarbossa, Fabio ^a   Visentin, Valentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Fatigue; Heart rate; Human factor; Order picking; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HEART; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEART RATES; HEART-RATE MONITORS; INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT; ORDER PICKING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FATIGUES;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

EID: 85046888294     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-05-2017-0182     Document Type: Article

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