Ergonomic practices within patient care units are associated with musculoskeletal pain and limitations

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-116

  Dennerlein, Jack T ^a,b   Hopcia, Karen ^c   Sembajwe, Grace ^a,c   Kenwood, Christopher ^d   Stoddard, Anne M ^d   Tveito, T Helene ^a,e   Hashimoto, Dean M ^c   Sorensen, Glorian ^a,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Partners Health Care Inc ^*  (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Health care; Low back pain; Musculoskeletal symptoms; Organizational policy and practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855213767     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.21036     Document Type: Article

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