Repetitive Strain Injury on Automobile Assembly Process and Alexander Technique

  • Dae Sig, Kim (Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Ansan College of Technology)
  • Published : 2004.06.01

Abstract

In the trim line of an automobile assembly process, 52.9% of the subjects complained the shoulder and low back pain simultaneously. The Alexander Technique is an educational method which shows people how they are misusing their bodies and how their daily habits of work can be harmful. It also teaches people how to avoid work habits which create excessive amounts of static work and how to reduce the amount of unnecessary muscular force they are applying to their bodies. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of repetitive strain injury on automobile assembly line process and contribute reducing the repetitive strain injury through Alexander Technique.

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