The Lumbar Motion Monitor Prevent low back injury and reduce expensive losses with the only monitor that analyses trunk motion at the work site. Lost productivity, escalating workers' compensation costs, increased worker turnover - these are the prices business pays for injured backs. The Lumbar Motion Monitor [L.M.M.] can help prevent these costly penalties. That's why leading U.S. manufacturers and insurance companies use the L.M.M. to analise the danger of low back disorder at the worksite. Several of America 's leading publications - including the New York Times - have written feature articles about the L.M.M.'s cost-effective ability to prevent low back injury. And that's why you should use the Lumbar Motion Monitor - it saves employers money.

Scientists have identified the five motion factors that in combination cause work-related low back disorder and the levels of motion that define the highest risk of injury have been pinpointed. This information has been built into the L.M.M. a computerized monitoring device that can be worn easily by workers - on the job site - to measure their trunk motion as they perform their work tasks.

Uses of the Lumbar Motion Monitor

Analise individual work tasks to assess a Job's cumulative effect on the lumbar spine. While the worker wears the lightweight L.M.M. the job is broken into individual tasks, to determine how the range of motion, velocity of motion, and acceleration of these tasks affect the worker's lumbar spine. The particular functions of the job that may cause cumulative trauma in the lower back can be identified.

Compare on-site findings with a data base model of high-risk injury factors to recommend ergonomic solutions and work-pattern changes. The L.M.M. offers a high risk data base model which is the result of over 5 years of research of actual, high risk jobs. Because the data base uses actual motion levels, not static values - you have the most accurate dynamic information available to compare to your on-site findings. This comparison gives you the perspective you need to recommend appropriate changes to the work tasks, the ergonomics of the work station, and the body mechanics the worker uses to do the job. Costly and time consuming guesswork is eliminated.

A comparison of job site conditions with a database model of high risk factors can be made and clinical testing allows you to measure the patient's functional range, velocity and acceleration for accurate disability determination.