نتایج جستجو برای: wmsds

تعداد نتایج: 188  

2016
Young-Hyeon BAE Kyoung Sam MIN

This study was performed to determine the associations between work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), quality of life (QoL), and workplace stress among physical therapists (PTs) in South Korea. Self-reporting questionnaires were given to 855 PTs. Variables examined included general characteristics, WMSDs, QoL, and workplace stress. Of the 788 PTs who responded, 745 (94.5%) reported WMS...

2013
Min Gi Kim Kyoo-Sang Kim Jae-Hong Ryoo Seung-Won Yoo

OBJECTIVES A growing body of literature has documented that job stress is associated with the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). However, the association of WMSDs with job stress has not yet been fully studied in Korean male firefighters. The purpose of this study was to determine the status of WMSDs in almost all Korean male firefighters and to clarify the effect of...

2017
Ping Yan Fuye Li Li Zhang Yi Yang Amei Huang Yanan Wang Hua Yao

OBJECTIVE To investigate the status of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) in nurses working in the hospitals in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. METHODS The prevalence of WMSDs since working and in the previous 12 months was evaluated using self-administrated modified musculoskeletal questionnaire based on North European questionnaire. In this cross-sectional study, 6674 nurses i...

2010
Hesham N Alrowayeh Talal A Alshatti Sameera H Aljadi Majda Fares Mishayek M Alshamire Sahar S Alwazan

BACKGROUND Physical therapists working in the State of Kuwait are at risk of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). However, prevalence rates and risk factors are not well documented. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, characteristics, and impacts of WMSDs among physical therapists in the State of Kuwait. METHODS A self-administered questionnaire was distrib...

2014
Sandul Yasobant Paramasivan Rajkumar

BACKGROUND Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are responsible for morbidity in many working populations. Apart from lowering the quality of workers' life and reducing the productivity, WMSDs are the most expensive form of work disability, attributing to about 40% of all costs toward the treatment of work-related injuries. WMSDs are considered to be multifactorials that are caused du...

2010
Kun Hyung Kim Kyoo Sang Kim Day Sung Kim Sun Je Jang Ki Hun Hong Seung-Won Yoo

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) can be compensated through the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act. We looked at the characteristics of WMSDs in worker's compensation records and the epidemiological investigation reports from the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute (OSHRI). Based on the records of compensation, the number of cases for WMSDs decreased from...

2010
Shanshan WU

in the early 1980s and the rapid development of science and technology, computers have been applied in various industries. The China National Bureau of Statistics reported that 63.8% of workplaces used computers in 2007, and the percentage reached 88.1% in the finance and business services sector. Working in an office environment is widely known to be associated with work-related musculoskeleta...

Journal: :Occupational medicine 2014
P Yue G Xu L Li S Wang

BACKGROUND Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) represent a common occupational problem for healthcare workers throughout the world. However, few epidemiological studies have investigated the effect of psychosocial factors on WMSDs among different Chinese occupational groups. AIMS To assess the prevalence of WMSDs and psychosocial risk factors contributing to them among miners and t...

Journal: :The Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy 2004
Ann E Barr Mary F Barbe Brian D Clark

The purpose of this commentary is to present recent epidemiological findings regarding work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) of the hand and wrist, and to summarize experimental evidence of underlying tissue pathophysiology and sensorimotor changes in WMSDs. Sixty-five percent of the 333 800 newly reported cases of occupational illness in 2001 were attributed to repeated trauma. WMSDs ...

2016
Lubna Pasha

Work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are one of the most common factors that not only decrease the quality of life but also compromise productivity of health care personnel. This cross sectional study was aimed at looking into the WMSDs affecting physicians, nurses and dentists. A study of two months duration was initiated at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. Subjects included we...

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