Biomechanical analysis of manual material handling movement in healthy weight and obese workers

Type de document

Études primaires

Année de publication

2019

Langue

Anglais

Titre de la revue

Applied Ergonomics

Première page

124

Dernière page

133

Résumé

The risk of back injury during work remains high today for manual materials handler. The purpose of this study is to identify the potential presence of compensatory strategies in obese and non-obese handlers and evaluate the impact these strategies have on trunk kinematics and kinetics. The biomechanical and ergonomic impacts in 17 obese and 20 healthy-weight handlers were evaluated. The task studied consisted in moving boxes from a conveyor to a hand trolley and back. The results show that the anthropometric characteristics of obese handlers are linked to a significant increase in peak lumbar loading during lifting and lowering of boxes. Few postural differences between the two groups were observed. These results suggest that the excess weight of an obese worker has a significant added effect on the musculoskeletal structures of the back, which exposes obese handlers to a higher risk of developing a musculoskeletal disorder during load handling.

Mots-clés

Manutention manuelle, Manual handling, Différence liée au poids corporel, Difference in body weight, Obésité, Obesity, Troubles musculosquelettiques, Musculoskeletal disease, Mécanique humaine, Body mechanics, Soulèvement des charges, Manual lifting, Anthropométrie, Anthropometry, Force musculaire, Muscular strength, Recherche sur l'homme, Human experiment

Numéro de projet IRSST

2010-0003

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