ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Stress and experiences in nursing activities can cause physical mental illness, making it important to monitor the health of these professionals. The aim study was assess frequency intensity musculoskeletal pain resilience professionals working a nephrology unit. METHODS: Cross-sectional, descriptive study, developed with who work unit general hospital. For d...

Background Up to 60% of COVID-19 survivors develop long-COVID symptoms [1] . Musculoskeletal pain is also a common (~11%) symptom long-COVID. [2] Current theories hypothesize that post-COVID can be widespread as in other chronic conditions. The presence previous rheumatological diseases could act risk factor for the development persistent due potentiation pro-inflammatory responses seen during ...

An important issue in the use of expert systems is the so-called brittleness problem. Expert systems model only a limited part of the world. While the explicit management of uncertainty in expert systems mitigates the brittleness problem, it is still possible for a system to be used, unwittingly, in ways that the system is not prepared to address. Such situation may be detected by the method of...

background: musculoskeletal diseases are quite common among healthcare professionals including medical laboratory technicians. this cross-sectional study aimed to identify the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and ergonomic risk factors in indian medical laboratory technicians.   materials and methods: the study sample comprised of 130 male and female laboratory technicians from the indian...

manual patient handling is known to be the major source of musculoskeletal load among hospital nurses. the objectives of the present study were determination of frequency of musculoskeletal disorders (msds) and its associated factors together with assessment of musculoskeletal load due to patient transfer by ptai method in hospital nursing staff of shiraz university of medical sciences (sums), ...

Background The definition for early spondyloarthritis (SpA) implies the correct identification of initial symptom SpA. There is currently no consensus on whether only musculoskeletal manifestations (MM) or also extra-MM (EMM) should be considered as onset Objectives a) To describe (either MM EMM) in different SpA subtypes; b) to stratified by clinical diagnosis and presence HLA-B27; c) analyze ...

Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) is a rare genetic, multiorgan disease. Little information about the Brazilian context available to date; thus, this descriptive subgroup analysis was conducted on data from Hunter Outcome Survey (HOS), including clinical characteristics among MPS patients Brazil. HOS global, multi-center, long-term, observational registry of with (NCT03292887). Variables r...

AIMS To identify prognostic ergonomic and work technique factors for musculoskeletal symptoms among office workers and in a subgroup with highly monotonous repetitive computer work. METHODS A baseline questionnaire was delivered to 5033 office workers in 11 Danish companies in the first months of 1999, and a follow up questionnaire was mailed in the last months of 2000 to 3361 respondents. A ...

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal injuries may be associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom severity, comorbid psychiatric or medical conditions, and the prescribed psychostimulant. METHODS A population-based, retrospective cohort design was employed using South Carolina's Medicaid claims data set covering outpatient and inpatient medical services and medication prescri...

All previously published papers have been reproduced with permission from the publisher. ' " The great end of life is not knowledge but action! " Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) The impact of working technique on physical loads – an exposure profile among newspaper editors. Perceived muscle tension, emotional stress, psychological demands and physical load during VDU work. Toomingas A. Concorda...