This paper describes a computer-assisted method for biomechanics evaluation and its application to the analysis of assembly work in a biomedical industry. The method involves the use of the video cinematography technique for image capturing followed by a digitalisation process that enables the BIOMEC program treat images. The program BIOMEC encompasses an anthropometric and a biomechanics database and calculation procedures that allow to define with precision the muscle-skeletal overload in the studied situations. The case study conducted with the assembly workers of a biomedical industry showed the method efficacy as an alternative to qualitative methods based in direct observation.
Assembly work; Biomechanics evaluation; Biomedical industry
