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Article

A Multi-Parametric Wearable System to Monitor Neck Movements and Respiratory Frequency of Computer Workers

by
Daniela Lo Presti
1,
Arianna Carnevale
1,2,
Jessica D’Abbraccio
3,
Luca Massari
3,
Carlo Massaroni
1,
Riccardo Sabbadini
1,
Martina Zaltieri
1,
Joshua Di Tocco
1,
Marco Bravi
4,
Sandra Miccinilli
4,
Silvia Sterzi
4,
Umile G. Longo
2,
Vincenzo Denaro
2,
Michele A. Caponero
5,
Domenico Formica
6,
Calogero M. Oddo
2 and
Emiliano Schena
1,*
1
Unit of Measurement and Biomedical Instrumentation, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, Italy
2
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, Italy
3
Neuro-Robotic Touch Laboratory, BioRobotics Institute, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, 56025 Pisa, Italy
4
Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, Italy
5
Photonics Micro-and Nanostructures Laboratory, ENEA Research Center of Frascati, 00044 Rome, Italy
6
NEXT Lab, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 00128 Rome, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sensors 2020, 20(2), 536; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020536
Submission received: 3 December 2019 / Revised: 15 January 2020 / Accepted: 16 January 2020 / Published: 18 January 2020
(This article belongs to the Collection Respiratory Monitoring for Healthcare, Sport and Physical Activity: Sensors, Techniques and Applications)
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Abstract

Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common form of occupational ill-health. Neck pain is one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal disorders experienced by computer workers. Wrong postural habits and non-compliance of the workstation to ergonomics guidelines are the leading causes of neck pain. These factors may also alter respiratory functions. Health and safety interventions can reduce neck pain and, more generally, the symptoms of musculoskeletal disorders and reduce the consequent economic burden. In this work, a multi-parametric wearable system based on two fiber Bragg grating sensors is proposed for monitoring neck movements and breathing activity of computer workers. The sensing elements were positioned on the neck, in the frontal and sagittal planes, to monitor: (i) flexion-extension and axial rotation repetitions, and (ii) respiratory frequency. In this pilot study, five volunteers were enrolled and performed five repetitions of both flexion-extension and axial rotation, and ten breaths of both quite breathing and tachypnea. Results showed the good performances of the proposed system in monitoring the aforementioned parameters when compared to optical reference systems. The wearable system is able to well-match the trend in time of the neck movements (both flexion-extension and axial rotation) and to estimate mean and breath-by-breath respiratory frequency values with percentage errors ≤6.09% and ≤1.90%, during quiet breathing and tachypnea, respectively.
Keywords: neck movements; breathing activity; respiratory frequency; occupational health and safety interventions; wearable system; fiber Bragg gratings; flexible sensors neck movements; breathing activity; respiratory frequency; occupational health and safety interventions; wearable system; fiber Bragg gratings; flexible sensors

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Lo Presti, D.; Carnevale, A.; D’Abbraccio, J.; Massari, L.; Massaroni, C.; Sabbadini, R.; Zaltieri, M.; Di Tocco, J.; Bravi, M.; Miccinilli, S.; et al. A Multi-Parametric Wearable System to Monitor Neck Movements and Respiratory Frequency of Computer Workers. Sensors 2020, 20, 536. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020536

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Lo Presti D, Carnevale A, D’Abbraccio J, Massari L, Massaroni C, Sabbadini R, Zaltieri M, Di Tocco J, Bravi M, Miccinilli S, et al. A Multi-Parametric Wearable System to Monitor Neck Movements and Respiratory Frequency of Computer Workers. Sensors. 2020; 20(2):536. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020536

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Lo Presti, Daniela, Arianna Carnevale, Jessica D’Abbraccio, Luca Massari, Carlo Massaroni, Riccardo Sabbadini, Martina Zaltieri, Joshua Di Tocco, Marco Bravi, Sandra Miccinilli, and et al. 2020. "A Multi-Parametric Wearable System to Monitor Neck Movements and Respiratory Frequency of Computer Workers" Sensors 20, no. 2: 536. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020536

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Lo Presti, D., Carnevale, A., D’Abbraccio, J., Massari, L., Massaroni, C., Sabbadini, R., Zaltieri, M., Di Tocco, J., Bravi, M., Miccinilli, S., Sterzi, S., Longo, U. G., Denaro, V., Caponero, M. A., Formica, D., Oddo, C. M., & Schena, E. (2020). A Multi-Parametric Wearable System to Monitor Neck Movements and Respiratory Frequency of Computer Workers. Sensors, 20(2), 536. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20020536

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