Determining the optimal size for posture categories used in video-based posture assessment methods

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 921-930

  van Wyk, Paula M ^a   Weir, Patricia L ^a   Andrews, David M ^a   Fiedler, Krysia M ^a   Callaghan, Jack P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision time; Posture assessment; Posture category; Posture category size; Posture misclassification errors; Video

Indexed keywords

DECISION TIME; POSTURE ASSESSMENT; POSTURE CATEGORY; POSTURE CATEGORY SIZE; POSTURE MISCLASSIFICATION ERRORS; VIDEO;

ERRORS; OPTIMIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

SHOULDERS (ROAD);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOULDER; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; DATA DISPLAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; POSTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69349085845     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130902752118     Document Type: Article

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