http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5979-5504
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Abstract
RAMP I is a screening tool developed to support practitioners in screening for work-related musculoskeletal disorder risk factors related to manual handling. RAMP I, which is part of the RAMP tool, is based on research-based studies combined with expert group judgments. More than 80 practitioners participated in the development of RAMP I. The tool consists of dichotomous assessment items grouped into seven categories. Acceptable reliability was found for a majority of the assessment items for 15 practitioners who were given 1 h of training. The usability evaluation points to RAMP I being usable for screening for musculoskeletal disorder risk factors, i.e., usable for assessing risks, being usable as a decision base, having clear results and that the time needed for an assessment is acceptable. It is concluded that RAMP I is a usable tool for practitioners.
Acknowledgements
The members of the reference group, the expert group and ergonomists, the production personnel and managers and their organizations are greatly acknowledged for their contributions to the development of RAMP I. Professor Jörgen Eklund is greatly acknowledged for his comments on this article. Johan Sandblad and Kerstin Tegbrant are greatly acknowledged for collecting data on the reliability evaluation. Xuelong Fan is greatly acknowledged for support with statistical computations.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
Supplemental material
An extended version of this article is available as Supplemental Material online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10803548.2017.1364458
ORCID
Carl Mikael Lind http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5979-5504
Mikael Forsman http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5777-4232
Linda Maria Rose http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7565-854X
