Preliminary Survey Of Redesigning An Economical Lumbar Support Device Using Malaysian Anthropometric Data

Nowadays, the competition between industries give benefits to global economy. However, this will increase the working period and lower the productivity of workers in order to satisfy the market demand. The long working hours could potentially increase the cause of back pain and musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) to the workers. The redesign of the lumbar support system is among the method that could possibly solve this issue and improve the safety and comfort of the workers. Therefore, the aim of this research is to focus on redesigning the lumbar support for industrial workers using the Malaysian anthropometric data. Thirty workers were involved in the questionnaire survey and in the main experiment to validate this lumbar support device. These respondents were from industry and rehabilitation centre. The result of this work is expected to produce a comprehensive data in order to produce the design of lumbar support device following the Malaysian anthropometry data and this system expected to solve the back pain problem in industries.