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Observing working postures in industry: Examples of OWAS application.

O Karhu1, R Härkönen, P Sorvali, P Vepsäläinen.   

Abstract

A practical method for identifying and evaluating poor working postures, ie the Ovako Working Posture Analysing System (OWAS), was presented in an earlier paper (Karhu et al, 1977). The application of the method is here described by means of two examples. One is a case study undertaken by members of an ergonomics training course, in which a marked improvement in working posture was achieved by OWAS analysis of critical activities. The second illustrates the effect of setting up a multidisciplinary group in order to develop an alternative method for the installation and maintenance of steel mill equipment. In both examples, application of the OWAS method led to improved posture in the situations studied, and to the likelihood of its wider industrial use.

Year:  1981        PMID： 15676393     DOI： 10.1016/0003-6870(81)90088-0

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Appl Ergon        ISSN： 0003-6870            Impact factor:   3.661


  8 in total

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Authors:  I J Kant; L C de Jong; M van Rijssen-Moll; P J Borm
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2.  Measurement and evaluation of postural load in occupational work situations.

Authors:  R H Westgaard
Journal:  Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol       Date:  1988

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5.  Musculoskeletal load of municipal employees aged 44 to 58 years in different occupational groups.

Authors:  C H Nygård; T Suurnäkki; K Landau; J Ilmarinen
Journal:  Int Arch Occup Environ Health       Date:  1987       Impact factor: 3.015

6.  Evaluation of musculoskeletal workload of manual operating tasks using a hydraulic jack based on ergonomic postural analysis and electromyography: A case study of non-professional young male users.

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Review 7.  Musculoskeletal disorders: OWAS review.

Authors:  Marta Gómez-Galán; José Pérez-Alonso; Ángel-Jesús Callejón-Ferre; Javier López-Martínez
Journal:  Ind Health       Date:  2017-05-09       Impact factor: 2.179

8.  A possible revival of population-representing digital human manikins in static work situations - exemplified through an evaluation of a prototype console for robotic surgery.

Authors:  Ida-Märta Rhén; Xuelong Fan; Magnus Kjellman; Mikael Forsman
Journal:  Work       Date:  2021
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