Authors - S. Jimenez-Garcia, V. Zorrilla-Munoz, G. Martinez-Navarrete, N. Garcia-Aracil, A.M. Peiro-Peiro Abstract - This paper presents an integrated framework that combines digital screening, ergonomic assessment, humanoid robot benchmarking and immersive virtual reality (VR) training to support the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders and burnout in nursing professionals. The framework is grounded in occupational health data from Spanish nursing professionals and incorporates sex/gender and anthropometric differences as design variables. A descriptive cross-sectional analysis was performed on 316 professionals from the European Health Survey in Spain, filtered by occupation, and complemented with the PROBEREN project approach. Two high-demand activities in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases units were selected: hygiene, comfort care, pressure ulcer prevention and postural changes in bedridden patients; and intrahospital transfers under isolation or clinical support. The sample showed a strong proportion of women (86.4%), mean age of 45.97 years, chronic health problems in 54.7%, prescribed medication use in 51.9%, recent physical pain in 46.8% and pain interfering with daily activities in 31.6%. These findings support a transition from descriptive profiling to proactive prevention. The proposed ecosystem links early screening, capture of expert movements, biomechanical comparison with a humanoid robot, personalized VR training and longitudinal reassessment. Future pilot validation should evaluate usability, VR-related fatigue, ergonomic risk reduction, burnout, pain and implementation barriers in real clinical settings.
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