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Adeyemi, H O, Adejuyigbe, S B, Ismaila, S O and Adekoya, A F (2015) Low back pain assessment application for construction workers. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 13(03), 419-34.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: expert system; human factors; mechanical engineering; risk assessment; construction safety; fuzzy theory; safety issues; back pain; lifting
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  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-02-2013-0008
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    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an expert system capable of assessing risk associated with manual lifting in construction tasks and proffer some first aid advices which are comparable with those obtainable from human experts. Design/methodology/approach – The expert system, musculoskeletal disorders – risk evaluation expert system (MSDs-REES), used Microsoft.Net C# programming language to write the algorithm of the fuzzy inference system with variables load, posture and frequency of lift as inputs and risk of low back pain as the output. The algorithm of the inference engine applied sets of rules to generate the output variable in crisp value. Findings – The result of validation, between the human experts’ calculated risk values and MSDs-REES-predicted risk values, indicated a correlation coefficient of 0.87. Between the predicted risk values generated using MSDs-REES and the existing package (MATLAB version 7.8), there was a strong positive relationship statistically with correlation coefficient of 0.97. Originality/value – The study provided a very simple expert system which has the ability to provide some medical-related injury prevention advice and first aid information for injury management, giving it a unique attribute over the existing applications.

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Mekid, S and Shang, M (2015) Concept of dependent joints in functional reconfigurable robots. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 13(03), 400-18.

Mlitwa, N W B and Wanyonyi, D W (2015) Towards interactive open source based m-Learning solution: the m-Chisimba framework. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 13(03), 463-85.

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Tartibu, L K, Sun, B and Kaunda, M A E (2015) Optimal design study of thermoacoustic regenerator with lexicographic optimization method. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 13(03), 499-519.

Verma, S K and Kaushik, B K (2015) Bus encoder design for crosstalk and power reduction in RLC modelled VLSI interconnects. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 13(03), 486-98.

Vinodh, S, Selvaraj, T, Chintha, S K and K. E. K., V (2015) Development of value stream map for an Indian automotive components manufacturing organization. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 13(03), 380-99.

Wu, M, Wang, L, Li, M and Long, H (2015) Alleviating feature fatigue in product development based on the bass model. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 13(03), 350-68.