To provide a quickly administered screening tool, some detail is excluded from the RULA method and can be considered in further developments. Most noticeably, the postural assessment of the fingers and thumb may be required in some investigations where
exposure to risk factors is high for these digits. RULA does not include such detail, although any force exerted
by the fingers or thumb assessment prwedure:
is recorded as part of the
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STAGE 2: Developmerlt of the system for grouping the body part posture scores
A single score is required from the Groups A and B which will represent the level of postural loading of the musculoskeletal system due to the combined body part