TY - JOUR
T1 - Pushing, pulling and manoeuvring an industrial cart
T2 - a psychophysiological study
AU - Giagloglou, Evanthia
AU - Radenkovic, Milan
AU - Brankovic, Sasa
AU - Antoniou, Panagiotis
AU - Zivanovic-Macuzic, Ivana
PY - 2019/4/3
Y1 - 2019/4/3
N2 - One of the most frequent manual occupational tasks involves the pushing and pulling of a cart. Although several studies have associated health risks with pushing and pulling, the effects are not clear since occupational tasks have social, cognitive and physical components. The present work investigates a real case of a pushing and pulling occupational task from a manufacturing company. The study initially characterizes the case in accordance with Standard No. ISO 11228-2:2007 as low risk. An experiment with 14 individuals during three modalities of pushing and pulling was performed in order to further investigate the task with the application of electrophysiology. At the end, a simple questionnaire was given. The results show electrophysiological differences among the three modalities of pushing and pulling, with a major difference between action with no load and fully loaded with a full range of motions on the cart to handle.
AB - One of the most frequent manual occupational tasks involves the pushing and pulling of a cart. Although several studies have associated health risks with pushing and pulling, the effects are not clear since occupational tasks have social, cognitive and physical components. The present work investigates a real case of a pushing and pulling occupational task from a manufacturing company. The study initially characterizes the case in accordance with Standard No. ISO 11228-2:2007 as low risk. An experiment with 14 individuals during three modalities of pushing and pulling was performed in order to further investigate the task with the application of electrophysiology. At the end, a simple questionnaire was given. The results show electrophysiological differences among the three modalities of pushing and pulling, with a major difference between action with no load and fully loaded with a full range of motions on the cart to handle.
KW - electrodermal activity
KW - pushing–pulling
KW - Standard No. ISO 11228-2:2007
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029579949&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10803548.2017.1370231
DO - 10.1080/10803548.2017.1370231
M3 - Article
C2 - 28849989
AN - SCOPUS:85029579949
SN - 1080-3548
VL - 25
SP - 296
EP - 304
JO - International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
JF - International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
IS - 2
ER -