OBJECTIVE We studied associations between job-title-based measures of force and repetition and incident carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). BACKGROUND Job exposure matrices (JEMs) are not commonly used in studies of work-related upper-extremity disorders. METHOD We enrolled newly hired workers in a prospective cohort study. We assigned a Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code to each job...

Making sense of our daily experience is a significantly human pastime. We try to understand and structure our experiences so that we can come to grips with the messiness and confusion of everyday life and by so doing give meaning and direction to our actions. Philosophy is one method that we use for explaining our experiences. A philosophy is a collection of beliefs. A belief is a conviction in...

AIMS To analyse the effects of age and occupational factors on both the incidence and the disappearance of chronic neck and shoulder pain after a five year follow up period. METHODS A prospective longitudinal investigation (ESTEV) was carried out in 1990 and 1995 in seven regions of France. A random sample of male and female workers born in 1938, 1943, 1948, and 1953 was selected from the occ...

The expansion of sugarcane monoculture in Brazil in the last decades has pointed out to the necessity of considering the question of sugarcane cutters occupational health. In this work we present a cross-sectional study aiming to examine the occupational posture of a group of sugarcane cutters, which work in a cane field located in the region of Pontal do Paranapanema- SP, Brazil. The study was...

OBJECTIVE Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration to alleviate symptoms of treatment-resistant depression. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of rTMS treatment on alleviating occupational stress by evaluating clinical symptoms and quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG). METHODS Twenty-four health care workers were ra...

BACKGROUND Ergonomic hazards exposure is the main cause of occupational pain. The aim of this paper is to describe the prevalence of exposure to occupational physical load by occupation, in Spanish working population, and its relationship to employment conditions and sociodemographic characteristics of workers. METHODS We used the information contained in the Spanish Job-Exposure Matrix (MatE...

Mycotoxins severely threaten the health of humans and animals. For this reason, many countries have enforced regulations and recommendations to reduce the dietary exposure. However, even though regulatory actions must be based on solid scientific knowledge, many aspects of their toxicological activity are still poorly understood. In particular, deepening knowledge on the primal molecular events...

The purpose of this article is to address common occupational hazards and safety concerns of nuclear medicine technologists. There are many possible occupational hazards, but this review is intended to concentrate on common hazards and safety concerns. These include radiation safety issues and concerns about the possibility of developing latent diseases, such as eye cataracts or cancer; pregnan...

Robots are mechanical arms that perform physical actions on their environment; they are characterized by flexibility (versatility), as a given robot can execute a variety of tasks or execute a given task in a variety of ways. Robots can be “intelligent” or self-adapting, so they can react to changes in the environment and take corrective actions in order to perform their tasks successfully [3]....

The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, an independent statutory body, recently invited the British Orthopaedic Association to advise whether there was conclusive evidence of an occupational cause of any further types of repetitive strain injuries other than those currently recognised as industrial injuries. Two related conditions are currently recognised as "prescribed disorders": PD A4-cram...