Interrater reliability of posture observations

Human Factors

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-309

  Bao, Stephen ^a   Howard, Ninica ^a   Spielholz, Peregrin ^b   Silverstein, Barbara ^a   Polissar, Nayak ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^b Sound Transit   (United States)

^c Mountain Whisper Light Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Field ergonomics assessment; Physical exposure assesment; Postural observational method; Posture measurement training; Posture observation data entry system; Quantification of reproducibility; Reproducibility of posture estimation

Indexed keywords

FIELD ERGONOMICS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXPOSURE ASSESMENT; POSTURAL OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POSTURE MEASUREMENT TRAINING; POSTURE OBSERVATION DATA ENTRY SYSTEM; QUANTIFICATION OF REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF POSTURE ESTIMATION;

ERGONOMICS; ESTIMATION; VIDEO RECORDING;

RELIABILITY;

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION; VIDEORECORDING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING; WORK;

EID: 69249133358     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720809340273     Document Type: Article

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