@article{ref1,
title="Assessment of comfort variation among different types of driving agricultural  tractors: traditional, satellite-assisted and semi-automatic",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2020",
author="Romano, Elio and Bisaglia, Carlo and Calcante, Aldo and Oberti, Roberto and Zani, Alberto and Vinnikov, Denis and Marconi, Andrea and Vitale, Ermanno and Bracci, Massimo and Rapisarda, Venerando",
volume="17",
number="23",
pages="e8836-e8836",
abstract="Over the past years, in the agricultural field, geo-localization has been introduced  in order to develop specific farming processes, optimize resources, and reduce  environmental pollution. Researchers have found alternative driving methods to  traditional ones, such as assisted and semi-automatic driving. The aim of this study  was to monitor the musculoskeletal efforts necessary to carry out different kinds of  driving. The muscular strain was assessed using surface electromyographic devices,  the distribution of the pressure exerted by the operator's body on the seat was  observed by using two barometric pads applied on the seat back and on the seat,  respectively, while the body movements and postures were analyzed through a  Microsoft Kinect Camera 3D acquisition system. <br><br>RESULTS showed a significantly  greater muscular activation during manual and assisted driving conditions. The  pressure exerted by the operator on the barometric pads was significantly higher in  manual and semi-automatic driving modes than in the assisted one. A remarkable  increase in the average swinging speed of examined joints was also detected, as well  as the distances run by the joints in semi-automatic driving. From our study,  assisted driving seems to be the best driving mode both in terms of joint economy  and from the efficiency of agricultural processes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph17238836",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238836"
}