COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS OF THREE OBSERVATIONAL METHODS OF ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY

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SALIMI SAJAD; HASHEMINEJAD NASER; KANGAVARI MAHDI; POUYAKIAN MOSTAFA; MOHAMMADPOUR HASAN

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Journal: QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL Year:2016 | Volume:10 | Issue:3 Page(s): 81-87

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COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS OF THREE OBSERVATIONAL METHODS OF ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY

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MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASESQ2

INDUSTRYQ1

POSTURAL BALANCEQ1

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Background and Objectives: Posture analysis methods are used for risk assessment of work activities in the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders. It is expected that the level of assessed risk for a certain job will be the same with different methods. This study aimed to investigate the correlation among three methods of RULA, QEC, and REBA.Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on workers of 28 job groups in a steel complex. To evaluate the body position and postural stresses imposed on the workers, after taking pictures of different tasks, images were analyzed using RULA, QEC, and REBA methods and the risk levels were determined.Results: The correlation coefficient between RULA method and QEC and REBA methods was, respectively, 0.63 and 0.69, and it was calculated to be 0.56 between QEC and REBA methods, which was significant in all cases (p<0.01). Kappa agreement coefficient between RULA method and QEC and REBA methods was, respectively, 0.71 and 0.65, and it was calculated to be 0.36 between QEC and REBA methods, which was significant in all cases (p<0.01).Conclusion: The results of the present study provides a better understanding of different observational assessment methods of musculoskeletal disorders. These results could be beneficial, especially for ergonomic specialists in choosing assessment methods before adopting beneficial intervention measures.

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SALIMI, SAJAD, HASHEMINEJAD, NASER, KANGAVARI, MAHDI, POUYAKIAN, MOSTAFA, & MOHAMMADPOUR, HASAN. (2016). COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS OF THREE OBSERVATIONAL METHODS OF ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY. QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL, 10(3), 81-87. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/132177/en

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SALIMI SAJAD, HASHEMINEJAD NASER, KANGAVARI MAHDI, POUYAKIAN MOSTAFA, MOHAMMADPOUR HASAN. COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS OF THREE OBSERVATIONAL METHODS OF ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY. QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL[Internet]. 2016;10(3):81-87. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/132177/en

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SAJAD SALIMI, NASER HASHEMINEJAD, MAHDI KANGAVARI, MOSTAFA POUYAKIAN, and HASAN MOHAMMADPOUR, “COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS OF THREE OBSERVATIONAL METHODS OF ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS: A CASE STUDY IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY,” QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 81–87, 2016, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/132177/en

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