Journal article
Reliability of assessing upper limb postures among workers performing manufacturing tasks
Applied ergonomics, Vol.40(3), pp.371-378
05/01/2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.11.008
PMID: 19103432
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the inter- and intra-rater reliability of assessing upper limb postures of workers performing manufacturing tasks. Assessment of neck, shoulder, and wrist postures of 20 Manufacturing employees was conducted by two raters observing digital video files using Multimedia Video Task Analysis (MVTA). Generalizability theory Was used to estimate the inter- and intra-rater reliability. The results demonstrated good to excellent inter-rater reliability for neck and shoulder postures and fair to excellent inter-rater reliability for wrist postures. Intra-rater posture assessment demonstrated good to excellent reliability for both raters in all postures of the neck, shoulder, and wrist. This study demonstrated that posture assessment of manufacturing workers using MVTA is a reliable method. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Reliability of assessing upper limb postures among workers performing manufacturing tasks
- Creators
- Angela Dartt - Colorado State UniversityJohn Rosecrance - Colorado State UniversityFred Gerr - University of IowaPeter Chen - Colorado State UniversityDan Anton - Eastern Washington UniversityLinda Merlino - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Applied ergonomics, Vol.40(3), pp.371-378
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.11.008
- PMID
- 19103432
- ISSN
- 0003-6870
- eISSN
- 1872-9126
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- 1 T42 OH009229 / Plains ERC 3T42OH009229-03S2 / ALLCDC; United States Department of Health & Human Services; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA R01/0H 007945 / NIOSH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA; National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) R01OH007945 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA; National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) NIOSH Mountain
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984363630302771
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