AIM The purpose of the present research was to examine the factors that lead to musculoskeletal disorders in dentists by assessing their posture using RULA method. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 130 dentists (84 male and 46 female) participated. The posture of the subjects during their normal workload was recorded by using the RULA method, and the range of musculoskeleta...

The purpose of this study was to develop an automated, RULA-based posture assessment system using a deep learning algorithm estimate RULA scores, including scores for wrist posture, based on images workplace postures. proposed estimation reported mean absolute error (MAE) 2.86 the validation dataset obtained by randomly splitting 20% original training before data augmentation. results were comp...

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are common health problem throughout the world. Assessment of exposure levels to MSD risk factors can be an appropriate base for planning and implementing interventional ergonomics programs in the workplace. The presents study is focused on posture analysis of the workers working in forging industry. The study was conducted on 130 workers engaged in various proc...

Aktivitas penanganan bahan secara manual masih banyak kita temui dalam kehidupan sehari-hari saat melaksanakan sebuah pekerjaan. Ketidak ergonomis pekerjaan material handling (MMH) akan menimbulkan risiko keluhan muskuloskeletal disorder (MSDs). Selain dapat menyebabkan risiko-risiko muskuloskeletal, MMH meningkatkan kelelahan otot lokal akibat banyaknya kontraksi yang terlibat dan low back pai...

abstract   background:  nowadays, musculoskeletal disorders (msds) are the most common problems in the workplaces. non-ergonomic workstation and job design lead the workers to expose to various kinds of risk factors that cause msds. in this study, rapid upper limb assessment (rula) and nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire (nmq) were used for assessing the risk of cause musculoskeletal disorders...