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THEORETICAL ISSUES IN ERGONOMICS SCIENCE
卷 22, 期 6, 页码 673-688出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2021.1893406
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RULA; REBA; MCS; WMSDs; stochastic; uncertainty
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The ergonomic assessment tools RULA and REBA primarily evaluate risks associated with musculoskeletal disorders by examining body joint angle inputs, but a full range of angles is sometimes required for reliable evaluation. The proposed Monte-Carlo simulation method demonstrates higher sensitivity towards joint angles variability and uncertainty.
The use of ergonomic evaluation tools can help in identifying the potential for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) arising from the design of work tasks. Rapid upper limb assessment (RULA) and rapid entire body assessment (REBA) are ergonomic assessment tools developed to evaluate the risks associated with these disorders. Both tools primarily evaluate these risks by examining body joint angle inputs, specifically by estimating a single joint angle, but in realistic situations, a full range of angles experienced is required to produce reliable evaluation. Furthermore, users of these tools may be uncertain of his/her estimation, especially if only a single joint angle is considered. A new approach based on Monte-Carlo simulation (MCS) in which joint angles are represented in distributions instead of single values is proposed to handle such issues. An empirical example is presented to compare traditional RULA and REBA to Monte-Carlo-RULA/Monte-Carlo-REBA approaches. The proposed approach exhibited a higher degree of sensitivity with respect to joint angles associated with variability and uncertainty.
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