Over years it has been increasingly concerned with how upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders (UEMSDs) are attributed to psychosocial job stressors. A review study was conducted to examine associations between UEMSDs and psychosocial work factors, and to recommend what to consider for the associations. For studies in which the job demand-control-support (DCS) model or its variables were spec...

BACKGROUND To summarize systematic reviews that 1) assessed the evidence for causal relationships between computer work and the occurrence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) or upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders (UEMSDs), or 2) reported on intervention studies among computer users/or office workers. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and Web of Science were searched for...

the high occurrence of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders (uemsds) in iranian ironwork industries indicates a need to assess the risk factors of the disorders at such workplaces. in order to prevent such disorders, the occupational repetitive actions (ocra) carried out to obtain an integrated assessment of the various risk factors, classify different jobs and suggest ergonomic designing ...

BACKGROUND Occupational computer use has been associated with upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders (UEMSDs), but the etiology and pathophysiology of some of these disorders are poorly understood. Various theories attribute the symptoms to biomechanical and/or psychosocial stressors. The results of several clinical studies suggest that elevated antagonist muscle tension may be a biomechanic...

The objective of this paper is to assess the combined effect occupational biomechanical and psychosocial risk factors on incidence work-related upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders (UEMSDs) estimate proportion number incident cases attributable these in a working population. Using data from French COSALI (COhorte des SAlariés LIgériens) cohort (enrolment phase: 2002–2005; follow-up 2007–20...