background: identifying the predisposing factors of neck and shoulder complaints and finding solutions to avoid them could improve the occupational health condition of the nurses. in this study, we aimed at determining the role of psychological and physical occupational factors in developing neck and shoulder complaints among the participants.   methods: this analytic cross-sectional study was ...

Background: Identifying the predisposing factors of neck and shoulder complaints and finding solutions to avoid them could improve the occupational health condition of the nurses. In this study, we aimed at determining the role of psychological and physical occupational factors in developing neck and shoulder complaints among the participants.   Methods: This analytic cross-sectional st...

a Sección de Neumología Pediátrica y Fibrosis Quística, Hospital Universitario Vall dH́ebron, Barcelona, Spain b Sección de Neumología Pediátrica, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain c Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, UPV/EHU, San Sebastián, Spain d Sección de Neumología Pediátrica, Consorci Hospitalari Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Barcelona, S...

Shoulder complaints are a major topic in primary health care: the 1998 point prevalence of self-reported shoulder pain in the general Dutch population was estimated at 21%, while 41% of all patients with shoulder complaints in the past 12 months visited a general practitioner (GP) (Picavet and Schouten 2003). A majority of shoulder complaints last for relatively long periods of time or recur: a...

background: ergonomic training had been implemented for prevention or reduction of neck and shoulder complaints among workers. the purpose of the present study was to assess the role of ergonomic training intervention on decreasing the prevalence of neck and shoulder complaints among workers of an automobile factory.   methods : within the present randomized clinical trial, the role of three er...

AIMS To examine the association between exposure to pushing/pulling at work and low back and shoulder complaints. METHODS A cross sectional questionnaire survey was carried out among 434 workers from several companies with mainly pushing/pulling tasks. From the same companies 188 workers without physically demanding tasks served as reference. The questionnaire was used to assess the exposure ...

Background: Identifying the predisposing factors of neck and shoulder complaints and finding solutions to avoid them could improve the occupational health condition of the nurses. In this study, we aimed at determining the role of psychological and physical occupational factors in developing neck and shoulder complaints among the participants. Methods: This analytic cross-sectional study was co...

OBJECTIVE To study the incidence, prevalence, and consultation rates of patients with shoulder complaints in general practice in the Netherlands during 10 years following initial presentation. METHODS A primary care database with an average population of 30,000 patients per year aged 18 years or older was used to select patients who consulted their general practitioner (GP) with shoulder comp...

X. Muñoz*, F. Torres and G. Sampol* *Servei de Pneumologia, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Dept de Biologı́a Cel?lular, de Fisiologia i d’Immunologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Laboratorio de Bioestadı́stica i Epidemiologı́a, UAB, Servei de Farmacologia Clı́nica, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, (Hospital Clı́nic), Barcelona, and Centro de Investigació n...

This cross-sectional study on a random sample of 1,500 ambulance personnel investigated the relationships between self-reported work-related physical and psychosocial factors, worry about work conditions, and musculoskeletal disorders among female and male ambulance personnel. Three different outcomes, complaints, activity limitation, and sick leave, for the neck-shoulder and low-back region, r...