title: [Risks for construction workers: analysis of the upper limb posture].
abstract: Our work focuses on the analysis of risks associated with onset of cumulative trauma disorders (CTD) among construction workers, and the goal is to evaluate the different degree of involvement of articular segments of the upper limbs. A number of workers with different qualification were analyzed using the OCRA Index and check-list protocols, applied to highly or moderate repetitive activities. In order to evaluate the involvement of the various upper limbs segments, we have extracted the information contained in the "posture section" of the protocols, before they are grouped together in the final posture risk value, and analyzed them considering the observed working activities. We obtained an "involvement index" related to any of the upper limb segments, highlighting the information about local involvement during the various phases of work. This "involvement index" may help in analyzing and evaluating the ergonomic risk referring to each articular segment during activity, and can be useful in the analysis and prevention of work related CTDs.
authors.affiliation: INAIL--Direzione Generale--Consulenza Tecnica Accertamento Rischi e Prevenzione.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Filosa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lancellotti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marcellino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nappi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ricciardi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rughi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stefani
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Todaro
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology; D003252:Construction Materials; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008954:Models, Biological; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009790:Occupations; D011187:Posture; D012106:Research; D012307:Risk Factors