Abstract
Musculoskeletal injuries is presented as one of the occupational problems related to the vertical handling loads (VHL) performance. These tasks, including lifting and lowering, are very common in workplaces and present different musculoskeletal risk factors associated. One of these risk factors could be worker’s body composition. Therefore, the main objective was to study the musculoskeletal overload during VHL in individuals with different body compositions. To accomplish that, it was used infrared thermography. Throughout, in this technique the skin temperature was measured before and after the task. Regions of interest (ROI) were defined in the shoulder area, considering that region is one of the most affect by VHL, and susceptible to work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD). However, a total of sixteen ROI were defined, eight in the body anterior view, and eight in the posterior, and for each regions were analyzed minimum, maximum and mean temperatures were analyzed. In the selected ROI a cooling of the body surface after the task for the thermal variables was verified, which may increase the possibility of musculoskeletal problems. The data suggests that the increase of the worker’s body fat may be related to the increase in cooling after the task, which indicates that obesity could be an important risk factor during VHL. Additionally, the infrared thermography seems to be a viable technique to assess the WRMSD risk.
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This work has been supported by FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2019.
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Bezerra, I., Colim, A., Arezes, P.M., Vardasca, R. (2019). Thermal Analysis of Musculoskeletal Overload in Vertical Handling of Loads in an Heterogeneous Sample. In: Arezes, P., et al. Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 202. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14730-3_41
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