Examples of physical workload are heavy work, monotonous or repetitive work, sitting and standing work, working in bent posture, lifting of external loads, or varying combinations of different workloads. ErgoLab Research applies actual knowledge of the disciplines of physiology, biomechanics and epidemiology in coherence.

A large amount of know-how and experience is present in measurement of physical load of persons, in both work and simulated work situations. In particular, this holds for measurement techniques that yield objective parameters, such as electromyography (EMG or measurement of muscle activity) and measurements of muscle force. Measurements of EMG are performed wirelessly (telemetric system). This enables precise determination of physical load in practice, because the working persons are not being hindered or influenced by the measurement procedures.

In addition, expertise is present on more subjective measuring methods, such as posture and movement observation techniques, multi-moment observation (MMO) techniques, and research applying questionnaires as used in scientific research.

More complex and varying workloads are being evaluated using a measurement tool on labour quality. This tool has been developed and validated earlier (see Publications-page). Basis of this tool is a database in which health, personal lifestyle and personal working situation of more than 1000 working people are correlated.

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