Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Duffy, Vincent G.
Committee Member
McFadyen, Gary
Committee Member
Hendren, Glen
Committee Member
Warnock, James N.
Committee Member
Goul, Mike
Date of Degree
12-10-2005
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Biomedical Engineering
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
James Worth Bagley College of Engineering
Department
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Abstract
Lower Back Disorders account for 16-19% of work related claims and 33-41% of dollars paid in workers? compensation (as cited in Marras, 1999), with impacts to society approaching $100 billion dollars annually (as cited in Marras et al., 1999). Dr. William Marras engineered a device to track trunk kinematics in order to develop a Job Risk Classification Model for predicting high-risk group probability of lower back injury. The device has been validated, but other technologies such as 3-D motion capture can potentially gather the same data. This study examined the use of motion capture to apply two- and three-plane lifting tasks to the Marras model and compare results with commonly used assessment techniques. Regardless of the fact that the Marras model results were drastically different from NIOSH and RULA, motion capture was able to gather all necessary data for running the models and has a promising future in ergonomic assessments.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/17364
Recommended Citation
Cappelli, Tara Marie, "Two- And Three-Plane Job Risk Classification Using Motion Capture: An Examination Of The Marras Et Al. Model, 1993" (2005). Theses and Dissertations. 4801.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/4801