Transparency as a Means to Analyse the Impact of Inertial Sensors on Users during the Occupational Ergonomic Assessment: A Systematic Review
The literature has yielded promising data over the past decade regarding the use of inertial sensors for the analysis of occupational ergonomics. However, despite their significant advantages (e.g., portability, lightness, low cost, etc.), their widespread implementation in the actual workplace has...
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| author | Marco A. García-Luna Daniel Ruiz-Fernández Juan Tortosa-Martínez Carmen Manchado Miguel García-Jaén Juan M. Cortell-Tormo |
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| description | The literature has yielded promising data over the past decade regarding the use of inertial sensors for the analysis of occupational ergonomics. However, despite their significant advantages (e.g., portability, lightness, low cost, etc.), their widespread implementation in the actual workplace has not yet been realized, possibly due to their discomfort or potential alteration of the worker’s behaviour. This systematic review has two main objectives: (i) to synthesize and evaluate studies that have employed inertial sensors in ergonomic analysis based on the RULA method; and (ii) to propose an evaluation system for the transparency of this technology to the user as a potential factor that could influence the behaviour and/or movements of the worker. A search was conducted on the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The studies were summarized and categorized based on the type of industry, objective, type and number of sensors used, body parts analysed, combination (or not) with other technologies, real or controlled environment, and transparency. A total of 17 studies were included in this review. The Xsens MVN system was the most widely used in this review, and the majority of studies were classified with a moderate level of transparency. It is noteworthy, however, that there is a limited and worrisome number of studies conducted in uncontrolled real environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4f2ff8a5bfd84aa48e22c92fdddcae222024-01-10T15:09:27ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202024-01-0124129810.3390/s24010298Transparency as a Means to Analyse the Impact of Inertial Sensors on Users during the Occupational Ergonomic Assessment: A Systematic ReviewMarco A. García-Luna0Daniel Ruiz-Fernández1Juan Tortosa-Martínez2Carmen Manchado3Miguel García-Jaén4Juan M. Cortell-Tormo5Department of General and Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, SpainDepartment of Computer Science and Technology, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, SpainDepartment of General and Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, SpainDepartment of General and Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, SpainDepartment of General and Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, SpainDepartment of General and Specific Didactics, Faculty of Education, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, SpainThe literature has yielded promising data over the past decade regarding the use of inertial sensors for the analysis of occupational ergonomics. However, despite their significant advantages (e.g., portability, lightness, low cost, etc.), their widespread implementation in the actual workplace has not yet been realized, possibly due to their discomfort or potential alteration of the worker’s behaviour. This systematic review has two main objectives: (i) to synthesize and evaluate studies that have employed inertial sensors in ergonomic analysis based on the RULA method; and (ii) to propose an evaluation system for the transparency of this technology to the user as a potential factor that could influence the behaviour and/or movements of the worker. A search was conducted on the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The studies were summarized and categorized based on the type of industry, objective, type and number of sensors used, body parts analysed, combination (or not) with other technologies, real or controlled environment, and transparency. A total of 17 studies were included in this review. The Xsens MVN system was the most widely used in this review, and the majority of studies were classified with a moderate level of transparency. It is noteworthy, however, that there is a limited and worrisome number of studies conducted in uncontrolled real environments.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/1/298transparencyIMUinertialaccelerometerergonomicsRULA |
| spellingShingle | Marco A. García-Luna Daniel Ruiz-Fernández Juan Tortosa-Martínez Carmen Manchado Miguel García-Jaén Juan M. Cortell-Tormo Transparency as a Means to Analyse the Impact of Inertial Sensors on Users during the Occupational Ergonomic Assessment: A Systematic Review Sensors transparency IMU inertial accelerometer ergonomics RULA |
| title | Transparency as a Means to Analyse the Impact of Inertial Sensors on Users during the Occupational Ergonomic Assessment: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Transparency as a Means to Analyse the Impact of Inertial Sensors on Users during the Occupational Ergonomic Assessment: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Transparency as a Means to Analyse the Impact of Inertial Sensors on Users during the Occupational Ergonomic Assessment: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transparency as a Means to Analyse the Impact of Inertial Sensors on Users during the Occupational Ergonomic Assessment: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Transparency as a Means to Analyse the Impact of Inertial Sensors on Users during the Occupational Ergonomic Assessment: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | transparency as a means to analyse the impact of inertial sensors on users during the occupational ergonomic assessment a systematic review |
| topic | transparency IMU inertial accelerometer ergonomics RULA |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/1/298 |
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