Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James's Hospital, James's St., Dublin 8, Ireland.
Appl Ergon. 2012 May;43(3):632-6. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.09.009. Epub 2011 Oct 20.
Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) is a quick observation method of posture analysis. RULA has been used to assess children's computer-related posture, but the reliability of RULA on a paediatric population has not been established. The purpose of this study was to investigate the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the use of RULA with children. Video recordings of 24 school children were independently viewed by six trained raters who assessed their postures using RULA, on two separate occasions. RULA demonstrated higher intra-rater reliability than inter-rater reliability although both were moderate to good. RULA was more reliable when used for assessing the older children (8-12 years) than with the younger children (4-7 years). RULA may prove useful as part of an ergonomic assessment, but its level of reliability warrants caution for its sole use when assessing children, and in particular, younger children.
快速上肢评估（RULA）是一种快速观察姿势分析的方法。RULA 已被用于评估儿童与计算机相关的姿势，但尚未确定 RULA 在儿科人群中的可靠性。本研究的目的是研究使用 RULA 对儿童进行评估的评分者间和评分者内可靠性。24 名在校儿童的视频记录由六名经过培训的评分者独立观看，他们在两次不同的时间使用 RULA 评估他们的姿势。RULA 显示出较高的评分者内可靠性，而评分者间可靠性虽然都处于中等至良好水平。RULA 对年龄较大的儿童（8-12 岁）的评估比年龄较小的儿童（4-7 岁）更可靠。RULA 可能是一种有用的人体工程学评估方法，但在单独使用 RULA 评估儿童时，特别是年龄较小的儿童时，其可靠性值得谨慎。
