Usability and Biomechanical Testing of Passive Exoskeletons for Construction Workers: A Field-Based Pilot Study

Usability and Biomechanical Testing of Passive Exoskeletons for Construction Workers: A Field-Based Pilot Study

The labor-intensive nature of the construction industry requires workers to frequently perform physically demanding manual work, thereby exposing them to the risk of musculoskeletal injury (approximately 31.2 cases per 10,000 full-time equivalent workers). Exoskeletons and exosuits (collectively cal...

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Main Authors: Sean T. Bennett, Wei Han, Dilruba Mahmud, Peter G. Adamczyk, Fei Dai, Michael Wehner, Dharmaraj Veeramani, Zhenhua Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Buildings
Subjects:
passive exoskeletons
exosuits
usability testing
field tests
construction workers
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/3/822

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