A fuzzy model for the assessment of lifting stresses imposed on the human operator was validated based on the experimental data collected on experienced male workers. Conditions were re-examined for which acceptabilities of the combined physiological and biomechanical stresses were similar to the psychophysical stress. It was shown that the ‘standard’ fuzzy model can be effectively extended to the industrial population.
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