Frequent bending - An underestimated burden in nursing professions

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 697-707

  Freitag, Sonja ^a   Fincke Junod, Isabell ^a   Seddouki, Rachida ^b   Dulon, Madeleine ^a   Hermanns, Ingo ^c   Kersten, Jan Felix ^b   Larsson, Tore J ^d   Nienhaus, Albert ^b  

^a BGW   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bending; Musculoskeletal disorders; Nurses; Trunk posture

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HOSPITAL NURSE; MEASUREMENT DATA; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; TIME SPENT; TRUNK INCLINATION; TRUNK POSTURES; VIDEO FOOTAGE; WORKING AREAS;

BENDING (FORMING); HOSPITALS; MEASUREMENTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

NURSING;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; LIFTING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84866662699     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes002     Document Type: Article

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