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Maximum force levels in different positions of shoulder and elbow

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Castro, C. | De la Vega, E. | Báez, G. | Carrasco, F.

Affiliations: Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México, Juárez 39, Mochicahui, Sinaloa, México | Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo, e_delavega_mx@yahoo.com, Sonora, México | Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, gracerandy@gmail.com, Sinaloa, México | Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo, fernandocarrasco2012@hotmail.com, Sonora, México

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: klaudy_00@hotmail.com Phone: (52) 668 813-15-56. Fax: (52) 668 817-08-88.

Keywords: Arms, Posture, Lateral, Frontal

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0861-5488

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 5488-5490, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

The number of occupational diseases in Mexico is alarming and clearly it is important to do studies with the purpose of improving the design of workstations. The objective of this research is to determine the maximum force levels in different positions of shoulder and elbow. An experiment was conducted with 16 subjects between 18 and 28 years old: 8 male and 8 female. We considered 16 different positions, working with the right and left arm to perform the tasks of pull and push. The tasks consisted of pushing or pulling a dynamometer for a period of 3 seconds as hard as possible. The results were presented in tables. The tables show the mean, standard deviation and range of force levels in different positions.

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