Table 1.
Summary of six studies done in five different sectors
| Authors and sectors |
Before intervention |
After intervention |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSD |
Physiological parameters |
Implication of intervention | MSD |
Physiological parameters |
Evaluation of intervention |
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| HR | PHR | EE | TCCW | PCW | REP | HR | PHR | EE | TCCW | PCW | REP | |||||
| Gangopadhyay et.al[4] Sand Core Making |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
✓ with increase in productivity |
| Ghosh and Gangopadhyay [5] Jewellary |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
| Gangopadhyay and Chaudhury. Ergonomic modification of handle of hand saw used by the Indian carpenters (unpublished) Furniture Manufacturing |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
✓ with increase in productivity |
| Bhattacharyya and Chakrabarti, [6] Agriculture |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Kishtwaria and Rana, [7] Agriculture |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
| Chaturvedi et.al[8] Agriculture | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
HR: Heart Rate; PHR: Peak Heart Rate; EE: Energy Expenditure; TCCW: Total Cost of Cardiac Work; PCW: Physiological Cost of Work; REP: Rating scale of Perceived Exertion.