| Document ID (ISN) | 74583 |
| CIS number |
00-563 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0169-8141 - International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Forsman M., Sandsjö L., Kadefors R. |
| Title |
Synchronized exposure and image presentation: Analysis of digital EMG and video recordings of work sequences |
| Bibliographic information |
June 1999, Vol.24, No.3, p.261-272. Illus. 19 ref. |
| Abstract |
To relate ergonomic assessment of work to specific situations or tasks performed in the course of work, it may be important to identify particularly strenuous tasks and to analyse the mix of high and low load periods. Ergonomic analysis methods include observation methods as well as physiological measurements, such as electromyography (EMG). This paper describes SEIP (Synchronized Exposure and Image Presentation), which integrates video recordings with simultaneously recorded exposure signals on a regular PC display. An example includes a sequence from a car assembly plant where EMG was recorded from the trapezius and the wrist extensor muscles of a worker, while he was video recorded while performing his regular work. It was concluded that SEIP is easy to use and is pedagogic when comparing different work methods. It unites observational methods and direct physiological measurements, thus offering the practicing ergonomist a more complete picture of the work being studied. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
electromyography; cinematographic methods of detection; motor vehicle industry; ergonomic evaluation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
recording of work activities; posture recording; musculoskeletal diseases; hand; description of technique; job study; measurement of physical workload; mathematical models; wrist |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Sweden |
| Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Motor vehicle manufacturing industry
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