An investigation of the reliability of Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) as a method of assessment of children's computing posture

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 632-636

  Dockrell, Sara ^a   O'Grady, Eleanor ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^a   Mullarkey, Clare ^a   Mc Connell, Rachel ^a   Ruddy, Rachel ^a   Twomey, Seamus ^a   Flannery, Colleen ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Posture; Reliability; RULA

Indexed keywords

PEDIATRICS; VIDEO RECORDING;

CHILDREN; ERGONOMIC ASSESSMENT; INTER-RATER RELIABILITIES; OBSERVATION METHOD; POSTURE; POSTURE ANALYSIS; RAPID UPPER LIMB ASSESSMENTS; RULA;

RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RAPID UPPER LIMB ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855903345     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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