TY - JOUR
T1 - A novel wearable measurement system for ambulatory assessment of joint loading in the occupational setting
AU - Faber, G.S.
AU - Chang, C.C.
AU - Kingma, I.
AU - Dennerlein, J.T.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - It is know that biomechanical overexposure of the joints is an important cause of occupational injuries. This paper presents a novel wearable measurement system for automated assessment of joint loading in the occupational setting. The wearable measurement system consists of a full body inertial sensor motion capture system which can be worn under the clothes and shoes instrumented with 3D force sensors (ForceShoes). Promising results have been found for the performance of the inertial sensor system and the ForceShoe, separately. Validation experiments are in preparation in which the performance of the combined measurements system will be tested in the laboratory by comparing the assessed joint loading to the joint loading assessed by a conventional state-of-the-art lab-based method. © 2012 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.
AB - It is know that biomechanical overexposure of the joints is an important cause of occupational injuries. This paper presents a novel wearable measurement system for automated assessment of joint loading in the occupational setting. The wearable measurement system consists of a full body inertial sensor motion capture system which can be worn under the clothes and shoes instrumented with 3D force sensors (ForceShoes). Promising results have been found for the performance of the inertial sensor system and the ForceShoe, separately. Validation experiments are in preparation in which the performance of the combined measurements system will be tested in the laboratory by comparing the assessed joint loading to the joint loading assessed by a conventional state-of-the-art lab-based method. © 2012 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.
U2 - 10.3233/WOR-2012-0871-5527
DO - 10.3233/WOR-2012-0871-5527
M3 - Article
VL - 41
SP - 5527
EP - 5528
JO - Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation
JF - Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation
SN - 1051-9815
IS - Suppl 1
ER -