What is happening to injured computer users? A study of cwa district 1 members

New Solutions

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-327

  Ochsner, Michele ^a   Love, Marsha ^c   Lynch, Richard ^b   de John, Louise ^c   Huie, Shirley ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050914439     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/tkkl-85xy-b2mf-7fyt     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Ergonomic Safety and Health Management, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1991.
2. U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, Lost-Worktime Injuries: Characteristics and Resulting Time Away from Work, 1995, U.S. Department of Labor Publication No. USDL 97-188, Washington, D.C., 1997.
3. U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in 1996, U.S. Department of Labor Publication No. USDL97-453, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1996.
4. K. Kemmlert, M. Orelius-Dallner, A. Kilbom, and F. Gamberale, A Three-Year Follow-Up of 195 Reported Occupational Over-Exertion Injuries, Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitive Medicine, 25, pp. 16-24, 1993.
5. M. Berg, A. Sanden, G. Torell, and B. Jarvholm, Persistence of Musculoskeletal Symptoms: A Longitudinal Study, Ergonomics, 31, pp. 1281-1285, 1988.
6. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Musculoskeletal Disorders and Workplace Factors: A Critical Review of Epidemiologic Evidence for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Neck, Upper Extremity, and Lower Back, Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1997.
7. M. Fletcher, Cumulative Trauma Disorders: Repetitive Motion Cases Cost Millions. Business Insurance, 24, pp. 3-6, 1990.
8. B. Webster and S. Snook, The Cost of Compensable Lower Back Pain, Journal of Occupational Medicine, 32, p. 13, 1990.
9. K. M. Rest, C. Levenstein, and J. Ellenberger, A Call for Worker-Centered Research in Workers’ Compensation, New Solutions, 5:3, pp. 71-79, 1995.
10. J. N. Katz, L. Punnett, B. Simmons, A. H. Fossel, N. Mooney, and R. B. Keller, Workers’ Compensation Recipients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: The Validity of Self-Reported Health Measures, American Journal of Public Health, 86:1, pp. 52-56, 1996.
11. J. Reid, C. Ewan, and E. Lowy, Pilgrimage of Pain: The Illness Experiences of Women with Repetition Strain Injury and the Search for Credibility, Social Science Medicine, 32, pp. 601-612, 1991.
12. R. Herbert, K. Janeway, and C. Schecter, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Workers’ Compensation in New York State, American Journal of Industrial Medicine (in press).
13. G. Andersson, L. Fine, and B. Silverstein, Musculoskeletal Disorders, in Occupational Health: Recognizing and Preventing Work-Related Disease, B. S. Levy and D. H. Wegman, (eds.), Little Brown and Co., Boston, 1995.
14. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Health Hazard Evaluation Report, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, HETA 89-2230, U.S. West Communications, 1992.
15. V. L. Mogenson, Office Politics: Computers, Labor and the Fight for Safety and Health, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1996.
16. M. Wallace and P. Buckle, Ergonomic Aspects of Neck and Upper Limb Disorders, International Review of Ergonomics, 1, pp. 173-200, 1987.
17. P. E. Higgs, D. Edwards, D. S. Martin, and P. M. Weeks, Carpal Tunnel Surgery Outcomes in Workers: Effect of Workers’ Compensation Status, Journal of Hand Surgery, 20A:3, pp. 354-360, 1995.
18. J. N. Katz, R. H. Gelberman, E. A. Wright, R. A. Lew, and M. H. Liang, Responsiveness of Self-Reported and Objective Measures of Disease Severity in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Medical Care, 32,11, pp. 1127-1133, 1994.
19. D. W. Levine, B. P. Simmons, M. J. Koris, L. H. Daltroy, G. G. Hohl, A. H. Fossel, and J. N. Katz, A Self-Administered Questionnaire for the Assessment of Severity of Symptoms and Functional Status in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 75a:11, pp. 1585-1592, 1993.