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Injury risk assessment of microtome manipulation using kinematic analysis

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datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorBarbosa, Inês
dc.contributor.authorMaduro, Ana
dc.contributor.authorMendonça, Paula
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-06T11:58:24Z
dc.date.available2026-01-06T11:58:24Z
dc.date.issued2024-06
dc.description.abstractTo study human tissue for the diagnosis of diseases or to evaluate the effectiveness of a treatment, a very thin sample of tissue must be obtained using a microtome. The movement associated with the manipulation of most microtomes is cyclical and leads to a continuous repetition of the movement during the workday. This repeated motion, associated with inadequate postures, increases the risk of musculoskeletal injuries. The use of kinematics is proposed to assess this risk by obtaining the acceleration and velocity profiles of the movement. This characterization of the movement is very important to define the different phases and positions, gaining information on critical points of the movement that might be related to the potential of injury. In this work, the movement performed by a laboratory technician using a microtome was captured during a regular workday session. The kinematics of the movement was obtained, and its characterization was attained. High accelerations in the elbow and wrist, associated with the high frequency of the motion, suggest a potential for injury at these locations. Moreover, the inclination of the neck is within the range of risk of injury.eng
dc.identifier.citationBarbosa I, Maduro A, Mendonça P. Injury risk assessment of microtome manipulation using kinematic analysis. In: The 9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering - ECCOMAS Congress 2024, Lisbon (Portugal), June 3–7, 2024.
dc.identifier.doi10.23967/eccomas.2024.061
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/22442
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherCIMNE
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.scipedia.com/public/Barbosa_et_al_2024b
dc.relation.ispartof9th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectBiomechanics of movement
dc.subjectHistological tissue preparation
dc.subjectInjury
dc.subjectKinematics
dc.subjectMicrotome manipulation
dc.titleInjury risk assessment of microtome manipulation using kinematic analysiseng
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferenceDate2024-06
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceLisboa, Portugal
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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