Subjective assessment of a lumbar exoskeleton's impact on lower back pain in a real work situation

This study evaluated the impact of a lumbar exoskeleton on low back pain perception, in a real work situation. For three weeks, 30 subjects with and without specific low back pain assessed daily their lumbar pain on their work activities at the beginning and end of the workday by a visual analogue s...

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Main Authors: Mélissa Moulart, Nicolas Olivier, Yonnel Giovanelli, Frédéric Marin
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-11-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022027086
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author Mélissa Moulart
Nicolas Olivier
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description This study evaluated the impact of a lumbar exoskeleton on low back pain perception, in a real work situation. For three weeks, 30 subjects with and without specific low back pain assessed daily their lumbar pain on their work activities at the beginning and end of the workday by a visual analogue scale. The first and the third week, participants worked normally. The second week, participants wore the exoskeleton to work. For subjects with specific low back pain, our results showed a significant decrease in low back pain perception at the end of the week two when wearing the exoskeleton Our result showed that the exoskeleton studied had a positive impact on the pain index perception of workers with mechanical lumbar pathology.
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spelling doaj.art-11772e54754b402890a0f619b20a66212022-12-22T02:45:21ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402022-11-01811e11420Subjective assessment of a lumbar exoskeleton's impact on lower back pain in a real work situationMélissa Moulart0Nicolas Olivier1Yonnel Giovanelli2Frédéric Marin3Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), UMR CNRS 7338 BioMécanique et BioIngénierie, Alliance Sorbonne Université, 60200 Compiègne, France; Japet Medical Devices, 59120 Loos, France; Corresponding author.University of Littoral, University of Artois, University Littoral Côte d’Opale, ULR 7369—URePSSS—Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société, F-59000, Lille, FranceSNCF, DSV Voyageurs, 1-7, Place Aux étoiles, 93212 Saint Denis Cedex, France; Laboratoire PSMS, EA 7507, 51100 Reims, FranceUniversité de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), UMR CNRS 7338 BioMécanique et BioIngénierie, Alliance Sorbonne Université, 60200 Compiègne, FranceThis study evaluated the impact of a lumbar exoskeleton on low back pain perception, in a real work situation. For three weeks, 30 subjects with and without specific low back pain assessed daily their lumbar pain on their work activities at the beginning and end of the workday by a visual analogue scale. The first and the third week, participants worked normally. The second week, participants wore the exoskeleton to work. For subjects with specific low back pain, our results showed a significant decrease in low back pain perception at the end of the week two when wearing the exoskeleton Our result showed that the exoskeleton studied had a positive impact on the pain index perception of workers with mechanical lumbar pathology.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022027086ExoskeletonPain assessmentWork environment
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Frédéric Marin
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Pain assessment
Work environment
title Subjective assessment of a lumbar exoskeleton's impact on lower back pain in a real work situation
title_full Subjective assessment of a lumbar exoskeleton's impact on lower back pain in a real work situation
title_fullStr Subjective assessment of a lumbar exoskeleton's impact on lower back pain in a real work situation
title_full_unstemmed Subjective assessment of a lumbar exoskeleton's impact on lower back pain in a real work situation
title_short Subjective assessment of a lumbar exoskeleton's impact on lower back pain in a real work situation
title_sort subjective assessment of a lumbar exoskeleton s impact on lower back pain in a real work situation
topic Exoskeleton
Pain assessment
Work environment
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022027086
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