Progress in study on muscular fatigue caused by pulling task and prospects

doi:10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2018.04.014

Abstract

Abstract: In order to understand the current research status and explore the development of muscular fatigue caused by pulling task being one of the most important MMH methods and to prevent MSDs, publications about muscular fatigue of pulling task were searched and screened and 5 methods were summarized by investigation to MSDs due to pulling task at home and abroad. Based on the classification of the task characteristics and the research object of muscular fatigue for pulling task in MMH, research methods and results were reviewed. After that the existing resultsof research on muscular fatigue for pulling task were discussed and a consideration was given to the results of study on the muscular fatigue casued by other force exerting tasks, 5 new research topics were put forward. Results show that the current research involves two aspects: the development of muscular fatigue for static tasks and that for dynamic tasks, and more and more studies divert to researching dynamic tasks from static ones, that several research methods are synchronously used to enclosure the muscular fatigue, and that less research on dynamic and intermittent pulling tasks has been carried out and it will belong to the topics for future study.

Key words: manual materials handling (MMH), pulling task, musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), muscular fatigue, research progress

CLC Number:

X912.9

YI Cannan, HU Hong, LI Kaiway, TANG Fan, ZUO Huali. Progress in study on muscular fatigue caused by pulling task and prospects[J]. China Safety Science Journal, 2018, 28(4): 78-84.

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