The aims of this study were to identify patterns of manual handling activities and their associated injuries and consequences among nurses working at a large teaching and referral medical centre in Melbourne, Australia. A self-report 140-item questionnaire was distributed to 523 registered nurses working full time at the medical centre. Of the 269 (51.4%) nurses who completed the questionnaire,...

AIMS To investigate the use of a worker based methodology to assess the physical stresses of lifting tasks on effort expended, and to associate this loading with musculoskeletal outcomes (MO). METHODS A cross sectional study was conducted on 217 male manual handling workers from the Hong Kong area. The effects of four lifting variables (weight of load, horizontal distance, twisting angle, and...

purpose: low back pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, and lifting is one of its risk factors. the activities of lumbar muscles as the main muscles involved in lifting are important with regard to identification of the allowable limits and the injury mechanisms as well as the motor control aspects. this study aimed to investigate the effects of the lifting speed on the lumb...

Manual material handling is common in supermarkets and may be a contributing factor to the high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, particularly lower back. This cross-sectional study applied state-of-the-art models driven by kinematic data obtained two estimate joint reaction forces knees, shoulders lumbar spine under dynamic lifting conditions. Based on 1479 lifts from 15 wo...

OBJECTIVE The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of the Revised National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) lifting equation (RNLE) to predict risk of low-back pain (LBP). BACKGROUND In 1993, NIOSH published the RNLE as a risk assessment method for LBP associated with manual lifting. To date, there has been little research evaluating the RNLE as a predictor of the risk o...

Musculoskeletal models may enhance our understanding of the dynamic loading joints during manual material handling. This study used state-of-the-art musculoskeletal to determine effects load mass, asymmetry angle, horizontal location and deposit height on knees, shoulders lumbar spine lifting. Recommended weight limits lifting indices were also calculated using NIOSH equation. Based 1832 lifts ...

Introduction: The usage of back support belt for manual handling activities particularly lifting/lowering loads in occupational setting has been a sore point conflicting agreement between industrial practitioners and academician on its effectiveness prevention injuries. As such, this pre-test post-test experimental study was designed to investigate the reducing localized musculoskeletal discomf...

The works in the oil and gas industry are usually performed in open and exposed fields, constrained areas, restricted spaces, and other outdoor environments such as offshore rigs and platforms [1,2]. Workers in the oil and gas industry continuously experience the problems of noise, slippery surfaces, and numerous manual material handling exposures of carrying, lifting, lowering, pushing and pul...