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Ergonomic Evaluation of Daily Activities of Women from a Community in the Ecuadorian Highlands

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In a previous work, important deformations of the spine in the female population of elderly adults were detected (scoliosis and pelvic retroversion). To find the origin of these deformations, women posture while performing their daily task are evaluated with known ergonomic tools (REBA/LEST/JSI/ GINSHT). Additionally, AWBA method, which is specific to agricultural work, is also applied since agriculture is their main activity. The results for the eight evaluated tasks (very high-risk level) were inconclusive due to its characteristics: poor and unstructured work environment and high levels of social-psychological stress. The methods proposed recommendations were useless, as these communities are tight, and females start working at a young age while carrying their younger siblings on their backs and operating manual tools. It is proposed to adapt the ergonomics methods to allow an assertive determination of risk levels, and to propose intervention measures that are not culturally invasive for the evaluated community.

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Acknowledgments

This work is being funded by Dirección de Investigación y Desarrollo (DIDE), of Universidad Técnica de Ambato under the project: “Influence of the traditional use of chumbi in musculoskeletal disorders associated with the manipulation of loads in women of the Ecuadorian highlands”.

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  1. Faculty of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador

    Thalía San Antonio & Alejandra Lascano

  2. Faculty of Computing, Electronic, and Industrial Engineering, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador

    Anita Larrea

  3. Faculty of Accounting and Auditing, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ambato, Ecuador

    Janet Urrutia

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Antonio, T.S., Larrea, A., Lascano, A., Urrutia, J. (2019). Ergonomic Evaluation of Daily Activities of Women from a Community in the Ecuadorian Highlands. In: Goonetilleke, R., Karwowski, W. (eds) Advances in Physical Ergonomics & Human Factors. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 789. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94484-5_11

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