During the period in which RULA underwent
validation tests it was used in both industrial and office
settings by ergonomists from the Institute for Occupational Ergonomics and by physiotherapists who attended
introductory courses in ergonomics. Specific operations
_. %here I&JLA wa’s re$Z%ted as a usefu$ assessment tool
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include a variety of hand and hachine packing operations, VDU-based tasks, garment-making operations,
supermarket checkout operations, microscopy tasks
and operations in the car manufacturing industry.