Maeda K, Okazaki F, Suenaga T, Sakurai T, Takamatsu M
J Hum Ergol (Tokyo). 1980 Dec;9(2):117-23.
Farming by means of greenhouses has spread in different parts of Japan during the past 20 years. Low back pain, an important health problem for farmers, affects those working inside a greenhouse as a result of their taking up particular postures. In order to analyze ergonomic problems of greenhouse farming relevant to low back pain, localized fatigue complaints and parts of the body where fatigue was felt during fruit picking were studied among 49 female farmers engaged in greenhouse strawberry culture and 53 female farmers engaged in greenhouse eggplant culture. Furthermore, the bowing posture for strawberry picking was compared with that of eggplant picking using newly devised posture-pattern recording equipment. More than 50% of strawberry or eggplant farmers complained of fatigue in the lower back and shoulders. The prevalence of low back pain was significantly higher among strawberry farmers than among eggplant farmers, probably due to the deep bowing posture of the farmer during picking work. The new posture-pattern recording equipment proved useful for investigating changes of work postures.
在过去20年里，温室种植在日本各地得到了推广。下背痛是农民面临的一个重要健康问题，从事温室工作的农民由于采取特定姿势而受到影响。为了分析与下背痛相关的温室种植的人体工程学问题，对49名从事温室草莓种植的女性农民和53名从事温室茄子种植的女性农民进行了研究，调查她们局部疲劳症状以及在采摘水果时感到疲劳的身体部位。此外，使用新设计的姿势模式记录设备，对草莓采摘和茄子采摘时的弯腰姿势进行了比较。超过50%的草莓或茄子种植农民抱怨下背部和肩部疲劳。草莓种植农民的下背痛患病率显著高于茄子种植农民，这可能是由于采摘工作时农民弯腰幅度较大。新的姿势模式记录设备被证明有助于调查工作姿势的变化。
