Development and application of experimental software for a 21st century occupational psychophysics research toolbox

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dc.contributor.authorBandaralage, Harsha
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorDoan, Jon B.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-23T15:47:20Z
dc.date.available2019-05-23T15:47:20Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractIn the fields of ergonomics and biomechanics, the use of bio-instrumentation for the purpose of analysing work and reducing work related muskuloskeletal disorders for injury prevention has become a new norm. It is equally important to employ these instruments in ecologically-valid experimental work tasks that use relevant and controllable manipulations of occupational psychophysics. The current thesis attempts to begin design and validation of components for a 21st century occupational psychophysics toolbox that couples relevant bio-instrumentation hardware (vision tracking, motion capture, and force platforms) with custom Matlab based experimental software capable of image processing, assessment of full body kinematics, and analysis of ground reaction force kinetics to study the perceptions and actions at work tasks. I investigated the coupling between visual attention and cueing, pre-handling perceptions, and manual material handling actions, with the ultimate goal of understanding occupational behaviours and preventing injurious occupational behaviours.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5367
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0575en_US
dc.proquest.subject0648en_US
dc.proquest.subject0541en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : Universtiy of Lethbridge, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Educationen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Kinesiology and Physical Educationen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectBiomechanics -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectBiomechanics -- Data processingen_US
dc.subjectPyschophysicsen_US
dc.subjectMusculoskeletal system -- Wounds and injuries -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectMusculoskeletal system -- Wounds and injuries -- Preventionen_US
dc.subjectHuman engineeringen_US
dc.subjectBioinformaticsen_US
dc.subjectOveruse injuries -- Preventionen_US
dc.subjectHuman mechanics -- Measurementen_US
dc.subjectSignal processing -- Digital techniquesen_US
dc.subjectImage processing -- Digital techniquesen_US
dc.subjectBiological apparatus and suppliesen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.subjectbio-instrumentationen_US
dc.subjectbiomechanicsen_US
dc.subjectMatlaben_US
dc.subjectmotion captureen_US
dc.subjectvision trackingen_US
dc.titleDevelopment and application of experimental software for a 21st century occupational psychophysics research toolboxen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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