- Work Study and Labour Manegement in Agricultural Production -

- Development of Posture Analysis Software for Continuous Farm Work -

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　　　A software which analyzes work posture and determines the optimum working posture was developed to solve the problems mentioned above. It can evaluate continuously the forces and bending moments acting on critical body parts of the worker. The body angle data were continuously measured using a work posture monitor VM12-512. The work posture analysis software was found effective in the following conditions:

　　　1. Continuous analysis and evaluation when the work positions of legs and hands are different and loads on both hands are different as well.
　　　2. Evaluation and improvement of work posture which bends forward and down and momentary overloaded postures such as in harvesting and
　　　　　adjusting machine parts.
　　　3. Evaluation and improvement of difficult farm work such as carrying heavy load.
　　　4. Analysis and improvement of unstable farm work in inclined places.


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