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Postural assessment in pen-and-paper-based observational methods and their associated health effects: a review

Introduction: This review describes standardized ergonomics assessment based on pen-and-paper observational methods for assessing ergonomics risk factors.Objective: The three main objectives are to analyze published pen-and-paper observational methods, to extract and understand the risk levels of ea...

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Main Authors: Sukadarin, Ezrin Hani, Md Deros, Baba, Ghani, Jaharah A, Mohd Nawi, Nur Syazwani, Ismail, Ahmad Rasdan
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016
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http://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2016.1156924
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spelling my.uum.repo.198182016-11-17T02:56:10Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/19818/ Postural assessment in pen-and-paper-based observational methods and their associated health effects: a review Sukadarin, Ezrin Hani Md Deros, Baba Ghani, Jaharah A Mohd Nawi, Nur Syazwani Ismail, Ahmad Rasdan R Medicine (General) Introduction: This review describes standardized ergonomics assessment based on pen-and-paper observational methods for assessing ergonomics risk factors.Objective: The three main objectives are to analyze published pen-and-paper observational methods, to extract and understand the risk levels of each method and to identify their associated health effects. Methodology: The authors searched scientific databases and the Internet for materials from 1970 to 2013 using the following keywords: ergo, posture, method, observational, postural angle, health effects, pain and diseases. Postural assessments of upper arms, lower arms, wrists, neck, back and legs in six pen-and-paper-based observational methods are highlighted, extracted in groups and linked with associated adverse health effects.Results:The literature reviewed showed strengths and limitations of published pen-and-paper-based observational methods in determining the work activities, risk levels and related postural angles to adverse health effects. This provided a better understanding of unsafe work postures and how to improve these postures.Conclusion: Many pen-and-paper-based observational methods have been developed. However, there are still many limitations of these methods. There is, therefore, a need to develop a new pen-and-paper-based observational method for assessing postural problems. Taylor & Francis Group 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/19818/1/JOSE%202016%201%2010.pdf Sukadarin, Ezrin Hani and Md Deros, Baba and Ghani, Jaharah A and Mohd Nawi, Nur Syazwani and Ismail, Ahmad Rasdan (2016) Postural assessment in pen-and-paper-based observational methods and their associated health effects: a review. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 22 (3). pp. 389-398. ISSN 1080-3548 http://doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2016.1156924 doi:10.1080/10803548.2016.1156924
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topic R Medicine (General)
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Sukadarin, Ezrin Hani
Md Deros, Baba
Ghani, Jaharah A
Mohd Nawi, Nur Syazwani
Ismail, Ahmad Rasdan
Postural assessment in pen-and-paper-based observational methods and their associated health effects: a review
description Introduction: This review describes standardized ergonomics assessment based on pen-and-paper observational methods for assessing ergonomics risk factors.Objective: The three main objectives are to analyze published pen-and-paper observational methods, to extract and understand the risk levels of each method and to identify their associated health effects. Methodology: The authors searched scientific databases and the Internet for materials from 1970 to 2013 using the following keywords: ergo, posture, method, observational, postural angle, health effects, pain and diseases. Postural assessments of upper arms, lower arms, wrists, neck, back and legs in six pen-and-paper-based observational methods are highlighted, extracted in groups and linked with associated adverse health effects.Results:The literature reviewed showed strengths and limitations of published pen-and-paper-based observational methods in determining the work activities, risk levels and related postural angles to adverse health effects. This provided a better understanding of unsafe work postures and how to improve these postures.Conclusion: Many pen-and-paper-based observational methods have been developed. However, there are still many limitations of these methods. There is, therefore, a need to develop a new pen-and-paper-based observational method for assessing postural problems.
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author Sukadarin, Ezrin Hani
Md Deros, Baba
Ghani, Jaharah A
Mohd Nawi, Nur Syazwani
Ismail, Ahmad Rasdan
author_facet Sukadarin, Ezrin Hani
Md Deros, Baba
Ghani, Jaharah A
Mohd Nawi, Nur Syazwani
Ismail, Ahmad Rasdan
author_sort Sukadarin, Ezrin Hani
title Postural assessment in pen-and-paper-based observational methods and their associated health effects: a review
title_short Postural assessment in pen-and-paper-based observational methods and their associated health effects: a review
title_full Postural assessment in pen-and-paper-based observational methods and their associated health effects: a review
title_fullStr Postural assessment in pen-and-paper-based observational methods and their associated health effects: a review
title_full_unstemmed Postural assessment in pen-and-paper-based observational methods and their associated health effects: a review
title_sort postural assessment in pen-and-paper-based observational methods and their associated health effects: a review
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
publishDate 2016
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/19818/1/JOSE%202016%201%2010.pdf
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