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Presented by: Dr. Nicholas La Delfa
Language: English with French Subtitles
Cost:
Member: Free
Affiliate Member: $10
Non-Member: $20
Summary
Overhead work is common across many industries and remains a significant contributor to shoulder discomfort and musculoskeletal injury risk. Despite its prevalence, ergonomics and human factors interventions remain limited, and there is a lack of clear guidelines to support effective task design and evaluation. This webinar will present ongoing research aimed at improving how overhead work is assessed. The webinar will present new thresholds for acceptable time spent working overhead, considerations for optimally deploying occupational exoskeletons, and recent work examining how short- versus longer-duration cycle times influence physical exposure and fatigue. Overall, the session will highlight the need for more comprehensive and practical methods to evaluate and design overhead work in modern occupational settings.
About the Speaker
Dr. Nick La Delfa is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at Ontario Tech University (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada). His research focuses on enhancing strength and fatigue assessment tools for proactive task analysis. His work integrates experimental biomechanics and computational modeling to develop more accurate and practical methods for evaluating physical demands in occupational settings, with recent emphasis on overhead work, fatigue, virtual reality and assistive technologies such as exoskeletons.
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