Reliability of assessing upper limb postures among workers performing manufacturing tasks

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-378

  Dartt, Angela ^a   Rosecrance, John ^a   Gerr, Fred ^b   Chen, Peter ^a   Anton, Dan ^c   Merlino, Linda ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalizability theory; Observation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; JOB ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURE; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY;

GENERALIZABILITY THEORIES; INTER-RATER RELIABILITIES; MANUFACTURING TASKS; MANUFACTURING WORKERS; MULTIMEDIA VIDEO; OBSERVATION; POSTURE ASSESSMENT; RELIABLE METHODS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVATION; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UPPER EXTREMITY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 60349113068     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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