Overexertion injuries in home health care workers and the need for ergonomics

Home Health Care Services Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 57-73

  Galinsky, Traci ^a   Waters, Thomas ^a   Malit, Bonita ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Back injuries; Ergonomics; Home health care workers; Musculoskeletal strain; Overexertion; Patient lifting; Patient transfer devices

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BACK INJURIES; EXERTION; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035757174     PISSN: 01621424     EISSN: 15450856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J027v20n03_04     Document Type: Article

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