Effects of Trunk Twist on Postural Sway During Manually Handling Flat Ties

플렛타이 인력물자취급서 몸통 비틀기에 따른 신체자세 동요에 대한 연구

  • Kim, Sung-Won (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Hannam University) ;
  • Park, Sung-Ha (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Hannam University)
  • 김성원 (한남대학교 공과대학 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 박성하 (한남대학교 공과대학 산업경영공학과)
  • Received : 2010.08.09
  • Accepted : 2010.11.29
  • Published : 2010.12.31

Abstract

We investigated the effects of trunk twist on postural stability during manually handling flat ties. Ten male subjects participated in this study. While handling 5kgf and 10kgf bundles of flat ties respectively, their centers of pressure (COPs) were measured under two levels of body position (twisted and fixed), two levels of direction (left and right), and three levels of object position ($30^{\circ}$, $45^{\circ}$, and $60^{\circ}$). Subjects' postural stability was quantified by calculating the sway length. Results showed that the effect of different object position was significant on postural sway length in subject's medio-lateral axis. Post-hoc multiple comparions revealed that, under the 5kgf load condition, the sway length was increased significantly as the object position increased to $45^{\circ}$. Under the 10kgf load condition, however, the sway length was increased significantly at the object position of $60^{\circ}$. Actual or potential applications of this research include guidelines for the design of working posture evaluation techniques.

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