Investigating Kinematics and Electromyography Changes in Manual Handling Tasks with an Active Lumbar Exoskeleton
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Exoskeleton
2.2. Belt
2.3. Population
2.4. Instrumented Motion Capture Session and Data Pre-Processing
2.5. Data Analysis
2.5.1. Kinematics Data
2.5.2. EMG
2.5.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Kinematics Analysis
3.2. EMG
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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RULA Area | <−10° | [−10° 0°[ | [0° 20°[ | [20° 60°[ | ≥60° |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FREE LIFTING | 0.0248 * | 0.0366 * | 0.0046 * | 0.0125 * | 0.0036 * |
SQUAT LIFTING | 0.0208 * | 0.1767 | 0.0091 * | 0.0026 * | 0.0062 * |
RULA Area | <−10° | [−10° 0°[ | [0° 20°[ | [20° 60°[ | ≥60° |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control vs. Belt | 0.3894 | 0.8005 | 0.0074 * | 0.0068 * | 0.0046 * |
Control vs. Exo | 0.0131 * | 0.0304 * | 0.0095 * | 0.9825 | 0.0276 * |
Belt vs. Exo | 0.0942 | 0.0490 * | 0.4290 | 0.0110 * | 0.5380 |
RULA Area | <−10° | [−10° 0°[ | [0° 20°[ | [20° 60°[ | ≥60° |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control vs. Belt | 0.3894 | 0.8005 | 0.0074 * | 0.0068 * | 0.0046 * |
Control vs. Exo | 0.0131 * | 0.0304 * | 0.0095 * | 0.9825 | 0.0276 * |
Belt vs. Exo | 0.0942 | 0.0490 * | 0.4290 | 0.0110 * | 0.5380 |
RMS | LeftLD | RightLD | LeftRA | RightRA | LeftOE | RightOE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FREE LIFTING | 0.4013 | 0.5682 | 0.0147 * | 0.0429 * | 0.0363 * | 0.0122 * |
SQUAT LIFTING | 0.8404 | 0.0175 * | 0.3480 | 0.0657 * | 0.1787 | 0.0351 * |
LOAD TRANSFER | 0.0175 | 0.1188 | 0.0013 * | 7.8 × 10−5 * | 0.2765 | 0.0074 * |
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Moulart, M.; Acien, M.; Leonard, A.; Loir, M.; Olivier, N.; Marin, F. Investigating Kinematics and Electromyography Changes in Manual Handling Tasks with an Active Lumbar Exoskeleton. Biomechanics 2024, 4, 357-368. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomechanics4020025
Moulart M, Acien M, Leonard A, Loir M, Olivier N, Marin F. Investigating Kinematics and Electromyography Changes in Manual Handling Tasks with an Active Lumbar Exoskeleton. Biomechanics. 2024; 4(2):357-368. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomechanics4020025
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoulart, Mélissa, Maxime Acien, Audrey Leonard, Mathilde Loir, Nicolas Olivier, and Frédéric Marin. 2024. "Investigating Kinematics and Electromyography Changes in Manual Handling Tasks with an Active Lumbar Exoskeleton" Biomechanics 4, no. 2: 357-368. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomechanics4020025