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ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2013

Effect of ergonomics training on agreement between expert and nonexpert ratings of the potential for musculoskeletal harm in manufacturing tasks.

Nathan B Fethke, Linda Merlino, Fred Gerr

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Article in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nathan B FethkeFrom the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Linda Merlino
Fred Gerr
University of Iowa · US

Funding

ACL HHS U19OH008868NIOSH CDC HHS U19OH008858NIOSH CDC HHS U19 OH008868
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the effect of ergonomics training on non-ergonomists' ability to recognize and characterize the potential for musculoskeletal harm in manufacturing tasks.

methodsErgonomics training was delivered to members of a participatory ergonomics team in a manufacturing facility. Before and after training, participatory ergonomics team members and the research team rated the potential for musculoskeletal harm for each of 30 tasks. Measures of agreement included Pearson, concordance, and intraclass correlation coefficients.

resultsMeasures of agreement generally improved after training. The greatest agreement was observed for ratings of the potential for musculoskeletal harm to the low back. The greatest improvement in agreement was observed for ratings of the potential for musculoskeletal harm to the neck/shoulder.

conclusionsThe training seemed to improve non-experts' ability to identify the potential for musculoskeletal harm.

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Education, NonprofessionalErgonomicsBack InjuriesHumansIndustryMusculoskeletal DiseasesNeck InjuriesObserver VariationRisk AssessmentShoulder Injuries

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PMID24284748
PMCPMC7008929
OpenAlexW2314470292

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