Background: Symptoms related to carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) represent common patient complaints for many primary care physicians. However, there is a surprising lack of guidelines on diagnosing occupational CTS readily accessible to primary care physicians. This article aims to fill part of that void by reviewing historical aspects of occupational CTS, leading up to more current epidemiologic ...

OBJECTIVE We utilized job safety analysis (JSA) and hazard identification for work accident prevention in Para rubber wood sawmills, which aimed to investigate occupational health risk exposures and assess the health hazards at sawmills in the Trang Province, located in southern Thailand. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study which included a walk-through survey, JSA, occupational risk...

Background: Overuse or task-specific dystonia has been described in a number of professions characterized by repetitive actions, typically affecting the upper extremities. Cervical dystonia (CD), however, has rarely been associated with overuse. Case Report: We present a case report of typical CD that developed in the context of chronic repetitive movements associated with the patient’s profess...

This paper concerns stability analysis and controller design for repetitive control. First, a two-dimensional (2D) continuous-discrete hybrid model of a repetitive control system is established. Next, new criteria for the asymptotic stability of the system are presented based on the model. Then, these criteria are extended to calculate lower bounds on stability margins to design a suitable cont...

We present a review of current Spanish occupational health policy and its ability to respond to new occupational health challenges First, we describe the main features of the Spanish labour market structure and labour market participation. Next, we identify its major occupational health policy needs both in terms of traditional occupational diseases and injuries as well as in terms of emergent ...

Introduction: Maintaining and improving organizational safety requires a strong safety culture. Following the occurrence of occupational incidents, proper registration, reporting, and investigation is a key requirement for safety culture to provide an appropriate learning culture. As a result, this study was carried out to assess the culture of occupational incident registration, reporting, and...

This article was accepted for publication July 19, 1990. I n the past decade, occupational therapists involved with the rehabilitation of work-related musculoskeletal injuries have seen an astounding rise in the number of upper-extremity disorders. Various names have been given to these disorders, including repetitive strain disorder, cumulative trauma disorder, and overuse syndrome. All descri...

INTRODUCTION In occupational, military and recreational activities, loads are often carried in a backpack. Modern backpacks utilise a hip belt and shoulder straps to redistribute the load from the back to the large muscle groups surrounding the hips and legs in an attempt to protect the lower back from injury. However, by redistributing these loads the lower limbs are subjected to repetitive me...