Table 2.
Mean values of seated and standing RULA scores by participant
|
Participant |
Seated RULA score |
Standing RULA score |
Highest scoring posture |
|
1 |
3.33 |
3.50 |
Standing |
|
2 |
4.50 |
4.00 |
Seated |
|
3 |
3.00 |
4.00 |
Standing |
|
4 |
3.67 |
6.00 |
Standing |
|
5 |
4.00 |
3.75 |
Seated |
|
6 |
5.00 |
4.50 |
Seated |
|
7 |
3.50 |
4.50 |
Standing |
|
8 |
4.00 |
3.33 |
Seated |
|
9 |
3.75 |
3.33 |
Seated |
|
10 |
4.00 |
6.75 |
Standing |
|
11 |
4.00 |
6.00 |
Standing |
|
12 |
4.00 |
4.50 |
Standing |
|
13 |
3.00 |
4.00 |
Standing |
|
14 |
3.33 |
4.00 |
Standing |
|
15 |
5.75 |
6.75 |
Standing |
|
16 |
4.00 |
3.50 |
Seated |
|
17 |
3.25 |
3.75 |
Standing |
|
18 |
6.33 |
6.00 |
Seated |
|
19 |
4.00 |
4.25 |
Standing |
|
20 |
3.33 |
6.00 |
Standing |
|
21 |
3.33 |
4.25 |
Standing |
|
22 |
3.25 |
4.00 |
Standing |
|
23 |
3.67 |
4.25 |
Standing |
|
24 |
4.67 |
4.50 |
Seated |
|
25 |
4.00 |
3.67 |
Seated |
|
26 |
4.00 |
3.33 |
Seated |
|
27 |
3.00 |
5.00 |
Standing |
|
28 |
4.00 |
4.00 |
Equal |
|
29 |
3.00 |
3.75 |
Standing |
|
30 |
3.67 |
4.75 |
Standing |
|
31 |
3.33 |
3.75 |
Standing |
|
32 |
4.25 |
6.25 |
Standing |
|
33 |
5.25 |
4.50 |
Seated |
|
34 |
3.75 |
4.50 |
Standing |
|
Means and standard deviations |
3.91 ± 0.77 |
4.50 ± 1.00 |
|
|
Table 2 Key | |||
|
3-4 |
Low risk: further investigation, change may be needed soon |
||
|
5-6 |
Moderate risk: further investigation, change soon |
||
|
7 |
High risk: investigate and implement change |
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Note: Because mean scores were determined by averaging the independent scoring of 4 researchers, scores were rounded up or down, as appropriate (e.g., a score of 4.2 would be included in the 3–4 range whereas a score of 4.7 would be included in the 5–6 range).