Determining the Focus of Rehabilitation in Virtual Reality for Industrial Workers

Abstract

This paper focuses on the description of methodology used to identify hazardous areas of work activities and to establish a desirable focus of virtual reality rehabilitation for employees of industrial companies. The aim is to identify problem areas in terms of physical and psychological stress. Described methodology is validated in a chosen industrial company on a sample of 49 participants. The chosen participants were employed in three different positions - warehouseman, furnace operator and manufacturing operator. The results for the most demanding of the chosen positions are described in the paper.