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Prediction of whole-body lifting kinematics using artificial neural networks.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Prediction of whole-body lifting kinematics using artificial neural networks./
Author:	Perez, Miguel A.
Description:	108 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-05, Section: B, page: 2763.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-05B.
Subject:	Engineering, Industrial. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3177326
ISBN:	0542165341

Prediction of whole-body lifting kinematics using artificial neural networks.
Perez, Miguel A.

Prediction of whole-body lifting kinematics using artificial neural networks. - 108 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-05, Section: B, page: 2763.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2005.

Musculoskeletal pain and injury continue to be prevalent sources of disability for thousands of workers in the U.S. every year. Proactive approaches to the reduction of this incidence attempt to prevent the injury by effecting task design so that human capabilities and limitations are driving factors in the task design and analysis process. Knowledge about the posture and kinematics that might be employed by an individual in performing a task is an important element of these proactive approaches to task design and analysis, especially for manual materials handling (i.e., lifting) exertions. In turn, accurate models that predict posture and kinematics can reduce the need for empirical postural and kinematic data in this task development process. Artificial neural networks were used in this investigation to achieve these predictions. As input, these networks received information about lift characteristics (e.g. target location, movement duration) and returned a predicted set of joint angles. Two types of networks were created, one to predict static posture based on target position, the second to predict the time histories of several joint angles (i.e., kinematics) as an object is lifted or lowered. Initial networks were created for sagittally symmetric lifts (two dimensions), but the final set of networks was expanded to make predictions for symmetric and asymmetric lifts in three dimensions. Networks were trained and verified with an empirical set of non-cyclic lifting motions. Notably, the within-subject variability in these motions was similar in magnitude to the associated between-subjects variability. In general, the networks were able to assimilate the data relatively well, especially in predicting kinematics, where root mean square errors were typically smaller than 20 degrees. These errors were similar in magnitude to the levels of within-subject variability observed in the dataset. Network performance also compared favorably to other existing models, typically resulting in smaller prediction errors than these other approaches. In addition, the internal connections of trained networks were examined to infer hypothetical motor control strategies. Results of this examination showed that feedback was an important component in providing kinematic predictions, whereas posture prediction benefited greatly from knowledge about individual anthropometry. Finally, potential improvements to increase prediction accuracy are discussed. Overall, these results support the use of artificial neural network models to predict posture and kinematics for lifting tasks.

ISBN: 0542165341Subjects--Topical Terms:

626639
Engineering, Industrial.

Prediction of whole-body lifting kinematics using artificial neural networks.
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