Journal
COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 159-170Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2014.997718
Keywords
inertial measurement system; occupational health; joint angle measurement; wearable sensors
Funding
- Fremap Mutua de Accidentes de Trabajo y Enfermedades Profesionales de la Seguridad Social [61]
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Usual human motion capture systems are designed to work in controlled laboratory conditions. For occupational health, instruments that can measure during normal daily life are essential, as the evaluation of the workers' movements is a key factor to reduce employee injury- and illness-related costs. In this paper, we present a method for joint angle measurement, combining inertial sensors (accelerometers and gyroscopes) and magnetic sensors. This method estimates wrist flexion, wrist lateral deviation, elbow flexion, elbow pronation, shoulder flexion, shoulder abduction and shoulder internal rotation. The algorithms avoid numerical integration of the signals, which allows for long-time estimations without angle estimation drift. The system has been tested both under laboratory and field conditions. Controlled laboratory tests show mean estimation errors between 0.06 degrees and of 1.05 degrees, and standard deviation between 2.18 degrees and 9.20 degrees. Field tests seem to confirm these results when no ferromagnetic materials are close to the measurement system.
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