2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
A new Approach to Muscle Fatigue Evaluation for Push/Pull Task
Authors : Ruina Ma, Damien Chablat, Fouad Bennis
Published in: Romansy 19 – Robot Design, Dynamics and Control
Publisher: Springer Vienna
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Pushing/Pulling tasks is an important part of work in many industries. Usually, most researchers study the Push/Pull tasks by analyzing different posture conditions, force requirements, velocity factors, etc. However few studies have reported the effects of muscle fatigue. Fatigue caused by physical loading is one of the main reasons responsible for MusculoSkeletal Disorders (MSD). In this paper, muscle groups of articulation is considered and from joint level a new approach is proposed for muscle fatigue evaluation in the arms Push/Pull operations. The objective of this work is to predict the muscle fatigue situation in the Push/Pull tasks in order to reduce the probability of MSD problems for workers. A case study is presented to use this new approach for analyzing arm fatigue in Pushing/Pulling.