TY - JOUR
T1 - Remote online ergonomic assessment in the office environment as compared to face-toface ergonomic assessment
AU - Eyal, Levy
AU - Ribak, Joseph
AU - Badihi, Yehuda
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Goal - remote online ergonomic assessment in the office environment as compared to face-to-face ergonomic assessment and examination of the applicability of remote online ergonomic assessment to office workers. 40 employees from a large Israeli hi-tech company were ergonomically assessed per the University of California computer usage checklist, according to the two assessment types (face-to-face and remote). An additional Ergonomist "assessor 2" examined the credibility of the process. Results: Research hypothesis 1 was verified: 21 out of 22 questions (95.45%) from the checklist indicated compatibility between "assessor 1" to the "Gold Standard" at an 80% level. Research hypothesis 2: examining the credibility between the assessors with regard to remote assessment. This hypothesis was partially verified, the correlation between the assessors was measured at 0.54. Research hypothesis 3: examining the extent of deviation of natural posture between distal body parts assessment (distant from the center of the body) and proximal body parts (close to the center of the body). This hypothesis was clearly verified. It has been proven that there is statistical significance between the results. Conclusions: The current research has proved that there is an additional method to assess musculoskeletal disorders risk factors remotely online at office environment.
AB - Goal - remote online ergonomic assessment in the office environment as compared to face-to-face ergonomic assessment and examination of the applicability of remote online ergonomic assessment to office workers. 40 employees from a large Israeli hi-tech company were ergonomically assessed per the University of California computer usage checklist, according to the two assessment types (face-to-face and remote). An additional Ergonomist "assessor 2" examined the credibility of the process. Results: Research hypothesis 1 was verified: 21 out of 22 questions (95.45%) from the checklist indicated compatibility between "assessor 1" to the "Gold Standard" at an 80% level. Research hypothesis 2: examining the credibility between the assessors with regard to remote assessment. This hypothesis was partially verified, the correlation between the assessors was measured at 0.54. Research hypothesis 3: examining the extent of deviation of natural posture between distal body parts assessment (distant from the center of the body) and proximal body parts (close to the center of the body). This hypothesis was clearly verified. It has been proven that there is statistical significance between the results. Conclusions: The current research has proved that there is an additional method to assess musculoskeletal disorders risk factors remotely online at office environment.
KW - ergonomics postural assessment
KW - office ergonomics assessments
KW - online assessment
KW - remote assessment
KW - work related musculoskeletal disorder (WRMSD)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859834883&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/WOR-2012-0206-516
DO - 10.3233/WOR-2012-0206-516
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AN - SCOPUS:84859834883
SN - 1051-9815
VL - 41
SP - 516
EP - 523
JO - Work
JF - Work
IS - SUPPL.1
ER -