title: A monitoring tool of workers' activity at Video Display Terminals for investigating VDT-related risk of musculoskeletal disorders.
abstract: Today the risk factors related to the use of Video Display Terminals (VDT) are assessed by investigating the actual activities at the VDT through subjective questionnaires and/or quantitative measurements. Questionnaire outcomes are quite imprecise and seldom objective. Quantitative measurements (EMG recordings, electrogoniometers, motion analysis systems) mostly prevent subjects from moving freely while working at the VDT. The paper presents an automatic tool for the monitoring of activity at VDTs, using a quantitative, objective approach. The suitability of the proposed tool was fully tested in the laboratory, both in terms of functionalities, accuracy of the tool, and acceptance by the subjects involved. The outcomes show that the tool allows for a detailed analysis of VDT activities and may be used to improve VDT-related risk analysis with high accuracy and good acceptance by workers.
authors: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy. sandra.morelli@iss.it
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Morelli
authors: Mauro
authors: M
authors: Grigioni
authors: Maurizio
authors: M
authors: Ferrarin
authors: Alberto
authors: A
authors: Boschetto
authors: Monica
authors: M
authors: Brocco
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Maccioni
authors: Daniele
authors: D
authors: Giansanti
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy / Q000379:methods*; D016287:Computer Peripherals; D016288:Computer Terminals; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000379:methods*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D055815:Young Adult