Considering human needs is becoming increasingly important in product development. Thus, health problems caused by applying a product are to be avoided and product ergonomics are to be increased. This should already be taken into account in early product development. Virtual human models play an important role, since they enable to estimate the load on the user in a resource-efficient way. Compared to conventional methods, musculoskeletal human models can be used to investigate, e.g., joint moments and muscle activation with reduced effort. In order to be able to simulate an application with the help of such a model, external forces that act on the user during the application are applied to the model in addition to kinematic movements. The subsequent analysis makes it possible to evaluate and compare the user stresses.

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The objective is to develop a model which enables the selection of the most ergonomic posture. For this purpose, approaches in the field of work ergonomics are to be investigated. Subsequently, a musculoskeletal human model in the open-source software OpenSim is to be used to compare and evaluate different postures.

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