Development and Evaluation of a Worker-Wear Assistance Suit with the Adjustable and Concealable Elastic Structure for the Manual Handling Workers
Development and Evaluation of a Worker-Wear Assistance Suit with the Adjustable and Concealable Elastic Structure for the Manual Handling Workers
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体力搬运工可调节、隐藏式松紧结构工装辅助服的研制与评价
DOI：
10.1109/aim.2018.8452380
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发表时间：
2018
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通讯作者：
Eiichirou Tanaka
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作者：
Yun;Kenji Kodama;Toshifumi Ishioka;Hee;Eiichirou Tanaka
针对护理、建筑等行业的工伤问题，我们开发了一种可调节、可隐藏的工装辅助服，它由橡皮带组成，可防止手臂反复在肩膀上运动的工人的手臂肌肉疲劳和受伤。根据腰带的布局和材质，西服可以在没有任何电力资源的情况下辅助用户的手臂。为了验证版图和所提出的套装结构的可行性和功能性，我们采用了模拟和实验的方法。这项模拟是基于日本年轻人的平均身体尺寸进行的，结果表明，建议的西装可能有效地帮助用户的手臂肌肉。通过测量6名受试者穿着这些西服并举起10公斤的负荷，实际和具体地验证了西服的功能，结果显示他们的手臂肌肉有45%的改善率。所提出的辅助套装不仅可以直接支撑和辅助肘关节和肩关节，还可以间接预防下背部损伤。
Due to worker injuries in industries such as nursing and construction, we have developed a tunable and concealable worker-wear assistance suit that consists of elastic belts to prevent arm muscle fatigue and injury in workers whose arms repeatedly perform motions upon their shoulders. According to the layout and the material of the belts, the suits may assist the user's arm without any electrical resources. To verify the feasibility and functionality of the layout and the structure of our proposed suits, simulations and experiments were employed. The simulation was conducted based on the average body dimensions of young Japanese people, and its results showed that the proposed suits may effectively assist the user's arm muscles. By measuring the muscles activities of six subjects wearing these suits and lifting a load of 10 kg, practically and concretely verifying the functionality of the suits, the results showed a 45% improvement ratio for their arm muscles. The proposed assistance suit can not only directly support and assist the elbow and shoulder j oint but also indirectly prevent lower back injury.