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  • Sharon Willis
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Title of Thesis: An Interpreter’s Interpretation: Sign Language Interpreters’ View of Musculoskeletal Disorders. Author: William L. Johnson, Master of Science, 2004 Thesis directed by: Michael Feuerstein, PhD, MPH Professor Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology Sign language interpreters are at increased risk for musculoskeletal disorders. The present study used content analysis to obtain detailed information from the interpreter’s point of view. Risk factors for initiation and/or exacerbation of symptoms included: difficult job, setting (educational), style (e.g., posture, self generated force), and emotional and physical stressors. Symptom management included self-care methods such as exercise, diet, and warm up prior to interpreting. Coping strategies that were more active (e.g. more control over work schedule) were reported as useful. Additional findings included the use of complementary alternative medicine, the possible preventative use of exercise in these upper extremity disorders, and a starting point for exposure levels to interpreting situations. The results also highlight the need to investigate the clinical effectiveness of approaches such

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the National Medical Association

دوره 68 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1976