Trend Validation of a Musculoskeletal Model with a Workstation Design Parameter

TL;DR

This paper applies trend validation to a musculoskeletal simulation model to assess how well it predicts the impact of workstation parameters, specifically table height, on musculoskeletal disorder risks during meat cutting tasks.

Contribution

It introduces a trend validation approach to evaluate the accuracy of a musculoskeletal model in relation to workstation design parameters.

Findings

Trend validation successfully assessed model predictions against real data.

Table height significantly affects musculoskeletal risk factors.

The method provides a new way to validate ergonomic simulation models.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to present the application of a trend validation to validate a simulation model. The workstation parameter used to define the trend is the table height of simulated meat cutting tasks (well known to be related to MSD).