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Field study of a passive upper-limb exoskeleton worn by 17 workers on a Brazilian meat-processing production line: processed surface-EMG and subjective workload data with vs. without the device, reporting a significant activity reduction in the right medial deltoid and medium-to-large effect sizes across several muscles. One of very few open-data field studies of occupational exoskeletons; distributed as a single Excel workbook on Zenodo (CC BY 4.0).

Details

Subjects

n = 17

Setting

Field — real workplace

Protocol / load

Repetitive arm-elevation tasks on a meat-processing production line (field study)

Equipment

Surface EMG; subjective workload / physical-effort ratings (processed data)

License

CC-BY-4.0

Keywords

exoskeleton, shoulder, field-study, meat-processing, semg

Added to catalog

2026-09-01

Exoskeleton

Record type

Device evaluation

Device(s)

Passive upper-limb exoskeleton (model not stated)

Body region

Shoulder

Actuation

Passive

Study design

With vs. without the exoskeleton during repetitive arm-elevation production tasks

Outcomes

Muscle activity (EMG), Subjective ratings

This record is part of the exoskeleton collection.

Cite

Cite the dataset as its authors request (check the source page for an official citation); this BibTeX is a convenience starting point.

@misc{defani-meat-processing-upper-limb-exo,
  author = {Defani, J.},
  title  = {{Upper-Limb Exoskeleton on a Meat-Processing Production Line}},
  year   = {2025},
  doi    = {10.5281/zenodo.17762189},
  url    = {https://zenodo.org/records/17762189},
}