Analysis of an observational rating scale for repetition, posture, and force in selected manufacturing settings

Human Factors

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 487-498

  Ebersole, Marissa L ^a,b   Armstrong, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b IOE Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERGONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY;

INTERCLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (ICC); POSTURE; RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS;

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT;

ACCURACY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JOB ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EXERTION; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33750427071     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872006778606912     Document Type: Article

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