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Adverse work-related physical exposures such as repetitive movements and awkward postures have negative health effects and lead to large financial costs. To address these problems, a multi-disciplinary consortium was formed with the aim of developing an ambulatory system for recording and analyzing risks for musculoskeletal disorders utilizing textile integrated sensors as part of the regular workwear. This paper presents the consortium, the Smart Workwear System, and a case study illustrating its potential to decrease adverse biomechanical exposure by promoting improved work technique.
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The Smart Workwear Consortium is funded by Vinnova, the Swedish Innovation Agency, under the call Challenge Driven Innovation (Vinnova/UDI 2016-03782), and by the participating organizations. The Smart Workwear Consortium partners are Hultafors Group; Avonova; Feelgood; Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre; Karolinska Institutet; KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Scania CV; Swerea IVF; University of Borås; University of Gävle; University of Skövde; Volvo Trucks and Volvo Cars.
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Lind, C.M. et al. (2019). Prevention of Work: Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Using Smart Workwear – The Smart Workwear Consortium. In: Ahram, T., Karwowski, W., Taiar, R. (eds) Human Systems Engineering and Design. IHSED 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 876. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02053-8_73
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