Suggestions for preventing musculoskeletal disorders in home healthcare workers - Part 1: Lift and transfer assistance for partially weight-bearing home care patients

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 158-164

  Parsons, Kelley S ^a   Galinsky, Traci L ^a   Waters, Thomas ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SELF HELP; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33646460171     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004045-200603000-00008     Document Type: Review

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