Simulation of passive exotendon assistive device for agricultural harvesting task.
Agricultural harvesting
Assistive device
Back muscles
Musculoskeletal simulation
Passive exoskeleton
Journal
Physical and engineering sciences in medicine
ISSN: 2662-4737
Titre abrégé: Phys Eng Sci Med
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101760671
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
19
01
2023
accepted:
18
07
2023
medline:
11
12
2023
pubmed:
26
7
2023
entrez:
26
7
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study proposes and investigates the feasibility of the passive assistive device to assist agricultural harvesting task and reduce the Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) risk of harvesters using computational musculoskeletal modelling and simulations. Several passive assistive devices comprised of elastic exotendon, which acts in parallel with different back muscles (rectus abdominis, longissimus, and iliocostalis), were designed and modelled. These passive assistive devices were integrated individually into the musculoskeletal model to provide passive support for the harvesting task. The muscle activation, muscle force, and joint moment were computed with biomechanical simulations for unassisted and assisted motions. The simulation results demonstrated that passive assistive devices reduced muscle activation, muscle force, and joint moment, particularly when the devices were attached to the iliocostalis and rectus abdominis. It was also discovered that assisting the longissimus muscle can alleviate the workload by distributing a portion of it to the rectus abdominis. The findings in this study support the feasibility of adopting passive assistive devices to reduce the MSD risk of the harvesters during agricultural harvesting. These findings can provide valuable insights to the engineers and designers of physical assistive devices on which muscle(s) to assist during agricultural harvesting.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37493930
doi: 10.1007/s13246-023-01305-9
pii: 10.1007/s13246-023-01305-9
pmc: PMC10703985
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1375-1386Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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