Detail publikace

Effect of the body mass index and length of work on the stress of individual body parts of chainsaw operators

STANĚK, L. MERGL, V.

Originální název

Effect of the body mass index and length of work on the stress of individual body parts of chainsaw operators

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

The subject of this study is to point out the issue of various impacts of musculoskeletal disorders in chainsaw operators and their impact on human health. The first goal was to find out whether the body mass index is responsible for excessive stress to individual parts of the body of chainsaw operators at work. The second goal was to determine whether the excessive load to the individual body parts is affected by the time of working with the chainsaw. Questionnaires created for the fulfilment of the goals were distributed to professional forest loggers working in the Czech Republic, which were filled in by 161 of them. Questions in the first part of the questionnaire were formulated in such a way that answers to them would clearly identify information on the individual respondents. The second part of the questionnaire was focused on the assessment of the load upon 12 body parts of the operators (each part being split into the right and left sides). The results of the statistical analysis showed that neither the body mass index (BMI) nor the length of time working with the chainsaw affect the load on the individual parts of the body of the chainsaw operators.

Klíčová slova

ergonomics; forestry; musculoskeletal disorders (MSD); tree felling; workload

Autoři

STANĚK, L.; MERGL, V.

Vydáno

23. 8. 2024

Nakladatel

CZECH ACADEMY AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

Místo

PRAGUE

ISSN

1212-4834

Periodikum

J. of Forest Science

Ročník

70

Číslo

8

Stát

Česká republika

Strany od

436

Strany do

445

Strany počet

10

URL

https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/jfs-202408-0004_effect-of-the-body-mass-index-and-length-of-work-on-the-stress-of-individual-body-parts-of-chainsaw-operators.php

BibTex

@article{BUT189492,
  author="STANĚK, L. and MERGL, V.",
  title="Effect of the body mass index and length of work on the stress of individual body parts of chainsaw operators",
  journal="J. of Forest Science",
  year="2024",
  volume="70",
  number="8",
  pages="436--445",
  doi="10.17221/26/2024-JFS",
  issn="1212-4834",
  url="https://jfs.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/jfs-202408-0004_effect-of-the-body-mass-index-and-length-of-work-on-the-stress-of-individual-body-parts-of-chainsaw-operators.php"
}