CAN VISUAL-PERCEPTION BE USED TO ESTIMATE BODY PART ANGLES

被引:36
作者
GENAIDY, AM
SIMMONS, RJ
GUO, L
HIDALGO, JA
机构
[1] Occupational Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Industrial and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
关键词
VISUAL PERCEPTION; ANGLE ESTIMATION; POSTURE;
D O I
10.1080/00140139308967889
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
For two decades, observational methods have been used to measure postural loads in industry. These methods depend on the analyst's judgment to characterize correctly the working postures. The errors associated with estimating the body part's angular deviation from the neutral position are not known. Recently, videotaping of a work situation, followed by examination of the tape to assess postural position has become more commonly practised. This study was conducted to determine the error which accompanies the judging (without tools) of postural angles. In the present study, a method was used whereby 20 subjects were asked to report the perceived angles which closely matched the actual shoulder flexion angle displayed on the TV screen. The results showed no significant differences among the three angular ranges ('low', 1-60-degrees; 'medium', 61-120-degrees; and 'high', 121-180-degrees) of shoulder flexion, in terms of algebraic and absolute errors. Subjects tended to slightly overestimate the true angle in the low range and to slightly underestimate the true angle in the medium and high angle ranges. This study suggests that visual perception can be used to estimate shoulder flexion angles displayed on a VDT.
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页码:323 / 329
页数:7
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