Accurate representation of working postures is critical for ergonomic assessments with digital human models because posture has a dominant effect on analysis outcomes. Most current digital human modeling tools require manual manipulation of the digital human to simulate force-exertion postures or rely on optimization procedures that have not been validated. Automated posture prediction based on human data would improve the accuracy and repeatability of analyses. The effects of hand force location, magnitude, and direction on whole-body posture for standing tasks were quantified in a motion-capture study of 20 men and women with widely varying body size. A statistical analysis demonstrated that postural variables critical for the assessment of body loads can be predicted from the characteristics of the worker and task.


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    Title :

    Predicting Force-Exertion Postures from Task Variables


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    2007 Digital Human Modeling Conference ; 2007



    Publication date :

    2007-06-12




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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