Reconceptualising manual handling: Foundations for practice change

From Practice to Theory: Reconceptualising Curriculum Development for Pbl

Strategies for preventing manual handling injury.

Manual handling injuries in health care workers.

Nursing aides are particularly susceptible to manual handling injuries because they have the primary responsibility for heavy lifting. The aim of this study was to determine why a specific group of nursing aides have the highest manual handling injury rate in their hospital. The study investigated the adequacy of the manual handling training program, knowledge of manual handling, mechanical aid...

Usability of manual handling aids for transporting materials.

Manual transport aids (trucks and trolleys) are in widespread use throughout most industries, but their use does not always result in the anticipated reduction of workload or musculoskeletal stress. A survey of users has shown that many of the aids currently used are poorly designed or inappropriate for the tasks performed. The information gained during the survey has been analysed to identify ...

Acland's Practice Manual for Microvascular Surgery

It is always a great pleasure to review a book by one of our living legends viz. Dr. Robert D. Acland. This time he is joined by Dr S. Rajasabapathy a very well known and respected proponent of the art in this country. The reason for the third edition and the changes are well described by Dr. Acland in the preface. The 2nd edition was published in 1989 and in the present one they have pruned ma...