Reliability of Assessing Upper Limb Postures Among Workers Performing Manufacturing Tasks

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• Personal Author:
  Anton D ; Chen P ; Dartt A ; Gerr F ; Merlino L ; Rosecrance J
• Description:
  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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Reliability Generalizability Theory Manual-lifting Manual-materials-handling Musculoskeletal-system Observation Posture Work-operations Work-practices Workplace-studies
• ISSN:
  0003-6870
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Iowa ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  371-378
• Volume:
  40
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035444
• Citation:
  Appl Ergon 2009 May; 40(3):371-378
• Contact Point Address:
  Angela Dartt, Colorado State University, Occupational and Environmental Health Section, ERHS, Environmental Health Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523
• Email:
  adartt@lamar.colostate.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado, Denver
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070701
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Ergonomics
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1a4ca08644fd57b83b9deea9f6be7da98c1c7561a17a9323aeadf77d13b2b8c1d98c9cc70c1f9ec17eb4d0d3646b0500e0d86d1f827ec3543476d07d81accbc1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187298/cdc_187298_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 175.52 KB ]