Patient handling and musculoskeletal disorders among hospital workers: Analysis of 7 years of institutional workers' compensation claims data

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 683-690

  Kim, Hyun ^a   Dropkin, Jonathan ^a   Spaeth, Kenneth ^a   Smith, Francine ^a   Moline, Jacqueline ^a  

^a DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Musculoskeletal disorder; Occupational health; Patient handling; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT LIFTING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84863774490     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22006     Document Type: Article

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