Sector: food industry

Type of hazard: design of work and technology

Catchwords: video work, health impairments and disorders

Status: completed 12/1996

Financed by: Berufsgenossenschaft Nahrungsmittel und Gaststätten

Research institution(s): Institut für pathologische Physiologie der Universität Jena, Arbeitsgruppe Motorik

Description, key words:

Function of the lumbar back muscle system at the computer screen workplace

Aims:

Prevention of work-induced damage of spine

Activities/methods:

Analysis of muscle activities of the spine during lifting and carrying loads

Results:

Normally asymmetric activation of the lumbar back muscle system (see also project 18#032); pronounced inter-individual differences in activation patterns, high intra-individual pattern stability also following short relaxation exercises/breaks; signs of fatigue already appear after relatively short work periods (15 mins)

Publications:

Referat auf "Prävention von berufs-/arbeitsbedingten Gesundheitsstörungen und Erkrankungen - 3. Erfurter Tage" 12/96

last update: 22.08.2000