Effectiveness of an Occupational Passive Back-exoskeletons on the Biomechanical Load of Warehouse Workers.

The experimental group will use an occupational passive back-exoskeleton (ShoulderX V3, Ottobock bionics) for a period of 24 weeks during working hours. The exoskeleton is designed to reduce the load of the lower back during manual materials handling. The first four weeks will serve as a familiarization period, where the workers will slowly progress in hours of exoskeleton-use, while they in the remaining twenty weeks will be free to use the exoskeleton as much as they like, with a minimum limit of 18 hours per week. The control group will carry on their normal work without any changes.