2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Physiological load during the manual handling task in females
Project/Area Number |
24510215
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Social systems engineering/Safety system
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Research Institution | Kinki University |
Principal Investigator |
SATO Nozomi 近畿大学, 総合社会学部, 准教授 (60268472)
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Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | 荷物取扱い作業 / 性差 / 生体負担 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The objective of this study was to examine the sex differences in physiological and psychological load with manual handling task by conducting two experiments and a systematic literature review. In the experiment 1, twelve males and eleven females performed 4 different manual handling tasks (lifting, lowering, twisting and carrying). The results showed that the EMG value on trapezius muscle in females were significantly higher than that of males for all tasks. In the experiment 2, fourteen males and ten females performed 3 different manual handling tasks (lifting, lowering, and carrying) by alone and a team (two persons). The results showed that the EMG value on trapezius muscle during tasks by conducting two persons were significantly higher than by conducting one person. By reviewing selected articles, it was found that there are very few studies that investigated workload of manual handling tasks in females.
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Free Research Field |
人間工学
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