Preventing and Monitoring Work-Related Diseases in Firefighters: A Literature Review on Sensor-Based Systems and Future Perspectives in Robotic Devices

Juri Taborri, Simone Pasinetti, Ludovica Cardinali, Fabrizio Perroni and Stefano Rossi
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Juri Taborri: Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business Organization, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Simone Pasinetti: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy
Ludovica Cardinali: Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, 00135 Rome, Italy
Fabrizio Perroni: Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Section of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, Italy
Stefano Rossi: Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Business Organization, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 18, 1-22

Abstract: In recent years, the necessity to prevent work-related diseases has led to the use of sensor-based systems to measure important features during working activities. This topic achieved great popularity especially in hazardous and demanding activities such as those required of firefighters. Among feasible sensor systems, wearable sensors revealed their advantages in terms of possibility to conduct measures in real conditions and without influencing the movements of workers. In addition, the advent of robotics can be also exploited in order to reduce work-related disorders. The present literature review aims at providing an overview of sensor-based systems used to monitor physiological and physical parameters in firefighters during real activities, as well as to offer ideas for understanding the potentialities of exoskeletons and assistive devices.

Keywords: firefighters; wearable sensors; robotic devices; work-related disease; physiological and physical parameters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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