Low back injury risk during repositioning of patients in bed: The influence of handling technique, patient weight and disability

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1042-1052

  Skotte, J ^a   Fallentin, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Compression; Disability; Handling technique; Low back; Repositioning of patients; Weight

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; LOADS (FORCES); OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; FRICTION-REDUCING; HEALTH CARE WORKERS; LOW BACK; LOW BACK INJURY; LOW BACK LOAD; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (NIOSH); SLIDING SHEETS;

WEIGHING;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION LOAD; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; NEAR PARALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARALYSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT REPOSITIONING; SHEAR STRENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BACK INJURIES; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT CARE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 46249098622     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130801915253     Document Type: Article

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