Prevention of disabling back injuries in nurses by the use of mechanical patient lift systems

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 521-533

  Edlich, Richard F ^a,b,c   Winters, Kathryne L ^c   Hudson, Mary Anne ^d   Britt, L D ^e   Long, William B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Coos County Public Health Department ^*  (United States)

^d Eastern Virginia Medical School ^*  (United States)

^e EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

American Nurses Association; Assistive patient handling equipment; Ergonomics; Guldmann Inc.; Manual patient handling; Medical legal; Musculoskeletal disorders; Occupational back injuries in nurses; Risk factors; Workers compensation guidelines

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ERGONOMICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NURSING; POLYESTERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

HOIST SYSTEMS; INJURIES; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NIOSH); OCCUPATIONAL BACK PAIN IN NURSES (OBPN);

PATIENT TREATMENT;

POLYESTER;

ANATOMY; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; DENIAL; ELASTICITY; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NECK INJURY; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER INJURY; STRENGTH; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 11244353405     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v14.i6.70     Document Type: Review

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