PMID- 28234261
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170912
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1875-9270 (Electronic)
IS  - 1051-9815 (Linking)
VI  - 56
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017
TI  - Occupational musculoskeletal disorders management using Fuzzy TOPSIS Assessment 
      of Repetitive Tasks (ART).
PG  - 267-276
LID - 10.3233/WOR-172491 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: In order to evaluate occupational disorders and ergonomic problems in 
      a workplace, Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) problem solving methods 
      such as Fuzzy Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution 
      (TOPSIS) can be utilized. OBJECTIVE: In this paper, Musculoskeletal Disorder 
      (MSD) risk factors were evaluated in a manufacturing company in Iran by a method 
      called Assessment of Repetitive Tasks (ART) of the upper limbs integrated with 
      Fuzzy TOPSIS in order to prioritize the corrective actions. METHODS: This study 
      was done with a descriptive-analytical approach. The company under study had 240 
      employees who were working in seven different shops. Out of all tasks, 13 tasks 
      were included in the study. Required information was gathered by a demographic 
      questionnaire and ART method. Also, Fuzzy TOPSIS was utilized for the 
      prioritization of the company shops based on the ergonomic control needs. 
      RESULTS: Data analysis from ART indicated that 74.6% of the reviewed tasks were 
      high risk. Based on the F- TOPSIS-ART results, Production shop prioritized as the 
      highest need for MSD control. CONCLUSIONS: Because there is time and financial 
      resources limit in ergonomic control activities, a fuzzy prioritization approach 
      such as Fuzzy TOPSIS ART can be used to take advantage of the available resources 
      and control risks to as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP) level.
FAU - Khandan, M
AU  - Khandan M
AD  - Department of Ergonomics, Health Faculty, Qom University of Medical Sciences, 
      Qom, Iran.
FAU - Koohpaei, A R
AU  - Koohpaei AR
AD  - Department of Occupational Health, Work Health Research Centre, Qom University of 
      Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
FAU - Nili, M
AU  - Nili M
AD  - Department of Industrial Management, Management Faculty, Qom University, Qom, 
      Iran.
FAU - Farjami, Y
AU  - Farjami Y
AD  - Department of IT Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Qom University, Qom, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Work
JT  - Work (Reading, Mass.)
JID - 9204382
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Cumulative Trauma Disorders/*therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - *Fuzzy Logic
MH  - Humans
MH  - Iran
MH  - Male
MH  - Manufacturing Industry
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Occupational Diseases/therapy
MH  - *Task Performance and Analysis
MH  - Upper Extremity/injuries
MH  - Workforce
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - MCDM
OT  - TOPSIS
OT  - decision-making
OT  - occupational ergonomics
OT  - posture
EDAT- 2017/02/25 06:00
MHDA- 2017/09/13 06:00
CRDT- 2017/02/25 06:00
PHST- 2017/02/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/09/13 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/02/25 06:00 [entrez]
AID - WOR2491 [pii]
AID - 10.3233/WOR-172491 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Work. 2017;56(2):267-276. doi: 10.3233/WOR-172491.