Open AccessTest-retest reliability of an upper-extremity discomfort questionnaire in an industrial population
Author(s) -
Alfred Franzblau,
D F Salerno,
Thomas J. Armstrong,
Robert A. Werner
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.223
Subject(s) - kappa , test (biology) , reliability (semiconductor) , physical therapy , medicine , categorical variable , cohen's kappa , population , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , geometry , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Efforts to understand or to monitor upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders among workers have usually involved the use of questionnaires. The goal of this study was to assess the test-retest reliability of an upper-extremity discomfort questionnaire among industrial workers.