A COMPUTER SOFTWARE METHOD FOR ERGONOMIC ANALYSIS UTILISING NON-OPTICAL MOTION CAPTURE

摘要

This study assesses whether postures of individuals captured using non-optical motion-capture technology and analysed using an ergonomics computer program can be used with confidence. Three postures from a simple task were captured using a Motion Capture suit; these postures were analysed by participants and the computer program. The concordance between the participant's scores and the computer program were measured using an Intra-Class Correlation. The resulting scores between the software and human scores were in the poor-to-fair level of agreement, however further analysis of the results is required to gain a greater understanding of these results.