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One of the recurrent problems in works that require repetitive activity this study was performed on a group of workers and the temperature of the wrist and elbows were taken by means of sensorial thermography with the objective. This study was performed on a group of workers and the temperature of the wrist and elbows were taken by means of sensorial thermography with the objective of verifying that if the work takes place causes a temperature difference between the wrists is more than 0.6 °C and remains for greater than 15 min periods, then the person’s risk for muscular fatigue and skeletal muscle damage occurrence is high. The temperature was recorded for 2.5 h approximately. Finally, the data obtained were analyzed by means of cubic spline. In all cases, a temperature increase by more than 0.6 °C was observed in 15-min lapses, in the wrist and elbows. The findings of the study show that repetitive work over long periods affects the muscle causing the development of musculoskeletal disorders.
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García, A., Camargo, C., Olguín, J., Barreras, J.A.L. (2018). Analysis of Risk for Repetitive Work Using Thermography Sensory. In: Duffy, V., Lightner, N. (eds) Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 590. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60483-1_24
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