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    Chapter II. Rapid Upper Limb Assessment-RULA

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    The document provides information about the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) tool, including: - RULA is a posture and muscle use assessment tool developed to evaluate risk of musculoskeletal disorders. - It evaluates four external load factors: movements, static muscle work, force, and postures of the neck, trunk, and upper limbs. - Using RULA involves observing workers, selecting postures to evaluate, and calculating scores to determine risk level and need for intervention. - RULA's strengths are its ease of use without equipment and ability to quickly identify risk levels. Its limitations include not assessing fingers/thumb or providing exact solutions.

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    The document provides information about the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) tool, including: - RULA is a posture and muscle use assessment tool developed to evaluate risk of musculoskeletal disorders. - It evaluates four external load factors: movements, static muscle work, force, and postures of the neck, trunk, and upper limbs. - Using RULA involves observing workers, selecting postures to evaluate, and calculating scores to determine risk level and need for intervention. - RULA's strengths are its ease of use without equipment and ability to quickly identify risk levels. Its limitations include not assessing fingers/thumb or providing exact solutions.

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    The document provides information about the Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) tool, including: - RULA is a posture and muscle use assessment tool developed to evaluate risk of musculoskeletal disorders. - It evaluates four external load factors: movements, static muscle work, force, and postures of the neck, trunk, and upper limbs. - Using RULA involves observing workers, selecting postures to evaluate, and calculating scores to determine risk level and need for intervention. - RULA's strengths are its ease of use without equipment and ability to quickly identify risk levels. Its limitations include not assessing fingers/thumb or providing exact solutions.

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    Chapter II. Rapid Upper Limb Assessment-RULA

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    RAPID UPPER

    LIMB
    ASSESSMENT
    -RULA
    TABLE OF CONTENTS

     Original Study – Literature Review

     RULA Procedure

     RULA Strengths

     RULA Limitations

     Using the RULA – Example step-by-step guides

     Conclusion Table of Contents


    ORIGINAL STUDY – LITERATURE REVIEW

     RULA is a posture, force and muscle use assessment tool developed by McAtamney and Corlett(1993) of University of
    Nottingham’s Institute for Occupational Ergonomics.
     Use in ergonomic investigations of workplaces is a risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).

     The risk factors under investigation are in an effort to assess four external load factors of number of movements, static
    muscle work, force and postures. RULA focuses on the neck, trunk and upper limbs.
    THE DEVELOPMENT OF RULA OCCURRED IN THREE PHASES.

    1. Development for the method of recording the working posture

    2. Scoring System Development

    3. Development of the scale of action levels which provide a guide to the Risk level
    RULA PROCEDURE

     Observing the task and selecting the posture(s) to assess:


    • The evaluator should prepare for the assessment by interviewing the worker , understand the job tasks and demands, and observing the
    worker’s movements and postures during several work cycles.
    • Selection of the postures to be evaluated should be based on:
    1. the most difficult postures and work tasks.
    2. the posture sustained for the longest period of time.
    3. the posture where the highest force loads occur.
    CONT. RULA PROCEDURE

     Calculate RULA Score determine the associated Action Level

    The traditional RULA sheet uses body posture diagrams and three scoring tables. The human body is divided in
    two groups, Group A for upper arm, lower arm, and wrist position, and Group B for neck and trunk analysis. A scoring
    system is used to assign scores at every level, with a score of 1 indicating the best posture/case.
    FLOW CHART OF
    RULA
    RULA
    WORKSHEET
    RULA STRENGTHS

     RULA still influential in the ergonomic field

     No need for special equipment.

     Quickly and easy to complete without need for an advanced degree in ergonomics.

     RULA scores indicate the level of intervention required to reduce MSD risks.

     Perfectly matches the selection criteria for most studies, ideally for sedentary working fields (quantitative, subjective, self
    reporting potential, posture-based).
    RULA LIMITATIONS

     When using RULA, only the right or left side is assessed at a time.

     RULA does not include assessment of the fingers and thumb.

     RULA does not provide exact engineering controls or work activity change. It gives a total job assessment.

     RULA does not provide an integrated assessment of all biomechanical risk factors.

     RULA’s scoring system may be too general in nature to differentiate various levels of risk (low, moderate, and high).
    USING THE RULA –
    EXAMPLE STEP-BY-
    STEP GUIDES

    To illustrate how RULA scores is


    calculated from the RULA traditional
    worksheet , we re- produce a research
    results* for working postures of small
    scale forging industry in Ludhiana and
    Jalandhar Region.

    * Jaspreet Singh, Harvinder Lal,


    Gautam Kocher, 2012
    STEP 8: ADD THE MUSCLE USE SCORE VALUE
    SCORE
    IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE POSTURE IS REPEATED 4X PER MINUTE. THEREFORE, THE SCORE IS +1.
    STEP 9: ADD THE LOAD SCORE VALUE
    IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE LOAD IS GREATER THAN 4.4 LBS. AND REPEATED. THEREFORE, THE SCORE IS +2.
    STEP 11: DETERMINE
    THE ASSOCIATED
    ACTION LEVEL

     The requirements for action into


    which the grand scores are
    divided is summarized into
    Action level as illustrated in the
    following table.
    CONCLUSION

    RULA is a popular ergonomic assessment method to identify risk factors of the posture, force and muscle risk factors for
    work related musculoskeletal disorder. RULA considers biomechanical and postural load requirements of job tasks/demands
    on the neck, trunk and upper extremities.
    THANK YOU

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