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The road haulage and logistics sector is of prime importance for the French economy. It is subjected to intense competitive pressures, and to ongoing modification of the socio-economic and regulatory context. These constraints are leading…

Industrial challenges described in the Industry 4.0 projects are focused on the importance of the human in a collaboration with the system and particularly with a robot. In this case, the collaborative robotics situation is analysed. By understanding…

Although in recent years, the balance has swung away from industry and farming towards services, the proportion of workers who have to do physically arduous work remains large. In work having high physical demands, maintaining physical functional…

In all human movements, in particular those related to work activities, variability is observed. Even for a repetitive task, trajectories, muscular activities, or exerted forces are never identical, both for different people and for the same person…

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The computer is in common use at work. In 2010, in France, 52% of workers used a computer at work and 23% of them remained in front of a screen for 20 hours or more per week. If the computer is in common use, then so is the mouse…

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The objective of this study was to develop and validate an ambulatory system for evaluating postures and movement of the upper limb, on the basis of inertial sensors. The use of such systems requires kinematic…

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The meat-cutting sector is one of the sectors that is most affected by musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). Organisational changes, in particular when subcontracting is used, can mean that employees from a variety…

The cutting performance of a knife is considered as one of the determinants of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) in the meat cutting sector (Claudon and Marsot 2003; McGorry, Dowd et al. 2003). It is affected by knife maintenance and its organisation…

Research work on the topic of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) has resulted in progress being made in terms of knowledge of their occurrence mechanisms and their prevention modes. Nevertheless, MSDs continue to progress making it necessary to…