Table 6 MLO breast positioning: postures for radiographer smaller than the patient without and with postural interventions
From: Ergonomic strategies to improve radiographers’ posture during mammography activities
Without intervention | Radiographer and patient seated in a stool | Patient on a step | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Posture | Breast positioning | Measured angle | Classification | Measured angle | Classification | Measured angle | Classification |
Trunk | MLO | 6° | Acceptable | 30° | Acceptable | 9° | Conditionally acceptable |
Arm flexion | MLO | 71° | Not acceptable | 74° | Not acceptable | 69° | Not acceptable |
Arm abduction | MLO | 80° | Not acceptable | 66° | Not acceptable | 81° | Not acceptable |
Head/neck | MLO | 16° | Acceptable | 4° | Acceptable | 0° | Acceptable |