ATTI 79° CONGRESSO NAZIONALE SIML
23 September 2016
Vol. 38 No. 3 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.4081/gimle.713

[Overview of assistance and robotisation systems for operations involving ergonomic risks in the healthcare field]

Overview sui sistemi di ausiliazione e di robotizzazione delle operazioni a rischio ergonomico in ambito sanitario

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Giorgia Chini
INAIL, Dipartimento di Medicina, Epidemiologia, Igiene del Lavoro ed Ambientale, Via Fontana Candida 1, 00078 Monte Porzio Catone (RM),, Italy.
Agnese Marchesi
Biolab, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università Roma Tre, Rome; Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell’Informazione, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino (FR), Italy.
Alessio Silvetti
INAIL, Dipartimento di Medicina, Epidemiologia, Igiene del Lavoro ed Ambientale, Monte Porzio Catone (RM), Italy.
Alberto Ranavolo
INAIL, Dipartimento di Medicina, Epidemiologia, Igiene del Lavoro ed Ambientale, Monte Porzio Catone (RM), Italy.
Francesco Draicchio
francesco.draicchio@unicatt.it
INAIL, Dipartimento di Medicina, Epidemiologia, Igiene del Lavoro ed Ambientale, Monte Porzio Catone (RM), Italy.

The study aim is to compare trunk kinematic and L5/S1 level compression, evaluated by a muscle co-activation index, moving a patient from bed to wheelchair and vice versa with two different lifting aids. Seven experienced operators were studied handling an 85 kg surrogated patient from bed to wheelchair using both a floor lift and an overhead lift. Results show that the use of these devices allows a single operator to work safely because the muscle effort and trunk kinematic resulted quite low in all working conditions. These results can be useful for occupational physicians in giving the fit for work judgment to workers having functional limitations.

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[Overview of assistance and robotisation systems for operations involving ergonomic risks in the healthcare field]: Overview sui sistemi di ausiliazione e di robotizzazione delle operazioni a rischio ergonomico in ambito sanitario. (2016). Giornale Italiano Di Medicina Del Lavoro Ed Ergonomia, 38(3), 247-248. https://doi.org/10.4081/gimle.713
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