Palabras clave
Enfermedades Musculoesqueléticas
Enfermedades Profesionales
Ergonomía
Salud Laboral
Lugar de Trabajo
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Los trastornos musculoesqueléticos siguen siendo la principal enfermedad laboral en diversas regiones del mundo. Los exoesqueletos ocupacionales se perfilan como una alternativa para la gestión del riesgo biomecánico, pero su tránsito del laboratorio al puesto de trabajo sigue siendo complejo. Este artículo ofrece un retorno de experiencia sobre la evaluación e implementación de estos dispositivos, elaborado por tres profesionales de la ergonomía y los factores humanos a partir de intervenciones que han involucrado a más de 600 trabajadores y más de una veintena de modelos, en seis sectores de actividad de Colombia, Alemania y España. Tras un panorama del estado de la tecnología, se identifican diez desafíos prácticos: peso, disconfort térmico, fricción cutánea, complejidad de colocación, higiene, volumen, curva de adaptación, restricción del movimiento, ajuste y tallas, y factores psicosociales. Se concluye que el acompañamiento ergonómico es condición necesaria para trasladar el potencial biomecánico a beneficios reales y sostenidos.
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