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Workplace injury and associated factors among construction workers in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background The construction industry is one of the most hazardous working areas, where the highest number of labourers engaged. However, the predisposing factors for occupational injury in the construction sites in Ethiopia are not well investigated ...
Fentahun Berhanu, Mulat Gebrehiwot, Zemichael Gizaw   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Temporal trends in occupational injuries treated in US emergency departments, 2012–2019

Injury Epidemiology, 2023
Background Evidence suggests that rates of occupational injuries in the US are decreasing. As several different occupational injury surveillance systems are used in the US, more detailed investigation of this trend is merited.
Eric W. Lundstrom, Scott A. Hendricks, Suzanne M. Marsh, Caroline P. Groth, Gordon S. Smith, Ruchi Bhandari   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Occupational Injuries Among Building Construction Workers in Kampala City, Uganda [PDF]

, 2019
Background Globally, about 1000 people die and close to 860,000 people sustain injury at work daily. Injury prevention and control require contextual evidence, although most studies in Uganda have focused on general causes.
Bazeyo, William, Byonanebye, Joseph, Halage, Abdullah Ali, Kiconco, Arthur, Ruhinda, nathan, Ssempebwa, John C., Watya, Stephen   +6 more
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Ergonomics as instrument for prevention against work injury or occupational diseases [PDF]

, 2018
Ergonomics as complex branch solves work of employee on concrete work place and follows up relationships between human, machine and work environment.
Bartlová, Ivana, Koutný, Petr
core   +1 more source

Clinical Practice Guideline for Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Nervous System Manifestations in Sjögren's Disease

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Sjögren's disease is an autoimmune disorder that can impact multiple organ systems, including the peripheral nervous system (PNS). PNS manifestations, which can exist concurrently, include mononeuropathies, polyneuropathies, and autonomic nervous system neuropathies.
Anahita Deboo, Robert Fox, Katherine M. Hammitt, Julie Frantsve‐Hawley, Matthew C. Baker, Stamatina Danielides, Eduardo De Sousa, Brent P. Goodman, Jennifer K. King, Steven Mandel, Ghaith Noaiseh, Pantelis P. Pavlakis, George Sarka, R. Hal Scofield, Arun Varadhachary, Daniel J. Wallace, Matt Makara, Nancy Carteron, Steven Carsons, in collaboration with the Consensus Expert Panel (CEP) members, G. Alden Adkins, Brittany Adler, Hossein Ansari, Senada Arabelovic, Alan Baer, Denis Balaban, Shamik Bhattacharyya, Evelyn Bromet, Krishna Chaganti, Kamal Chemali, Melissa Cortez, Schartess Culpepper, Paul Dellaripa, Dana Direnzo, Daniel El Bogdadi, Robert Fearon, Mehrnez Fischbach, Judi Furlong, Christopher Gibbons, Rachael Gordon, Thomas Grader Beck, Syed Haider, Larry Hollenbeck, Chadwick R. Johr, Stuart S. Kassan, Brian King, Octavia Kincaid, Eugene Kissin, Vasileios Kyttaris, Lindsay Lally, Brandon M. Law, Janet Lewis, Scott M. Lieberman, Amanda Lusa, Joseph Lutt, Rashmi Maganti, Arthur M. Mandelin, Sara McCoy, Kerry Neall, Timothy Niewold, Anne Louise Oaklander, Ruben A. Peredo‐Wende, Lynn Petruzzi, Mark A. Porter, Guada Respicio Duque, Tania Reyna, Nathaniel M. Robbins, Elliot D. Rosenstein, Laura Rosow, Breanna Ruthrauff, Amit Sachdev, Nora Sandorfi, Sarah Schafer, Elena Schiopu, Chokkalingam Siva, Daniel Small, Sara M. Stern, Lauren Stiles, Susan Stoddard, Jinny Tavee, Donald Thomas, Edward L. Treadwell, Nagagopal Venna, Steven Vernino, Frederick B. Vivino, Brittany Weber, Sepideh Yadollahi, Huiying Yu, Scott Zashin   +88 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between occupational stress and occupational injury of workers in a cable manufacturing enterprise by decision tree model

环境与职业医学
BackgroundSocial psychological factors have emerged as a key area of research in occupational injury prevention. Occupational stress, a significant component of social psychology, has garnered widespread attention due to its potential impact on ...
Ting XU, Juan QIAN, Yishuo GU, Daozheng DING, Jianjian QIAO, Yong QIAN, Xiaojun ZHU, Jingguang FAN   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations of Sleep and Shift Work With Osteoarthritis Risk

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Daily rhythms may be critical for maintaining homeostasis of joint tissues. We aimed to investigate the relationships among circadian clock disruption, sleep, and osteoarthritis (OA) risk in humans. Methods In the UK Biobank, a prospective 500,000–person cohort, we evaluated associations among sleep duration, sleeplessness/insomnia, and shift
Elizabeth L. Yanik, Abigail Bridgeman, Erik D. Herzog, Vy Pham, Bradley A. Evanoff, Farshid Guilak   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational Injury Statistics in Korea

Safety and Health at Work, 2011
Objectives: The occupational accident rate was officially reported to be 0.77 per 100 workers in 2001 and 0.70 in 2009. The stagnant decrease in accident rate raises a question about the effectiveness of prevention activity because there have been active
Seong-Kyu Kang, Oh-Jun Kwon
doaj   +1 more source

Practice Guidelines: Addressing Vestibular and Visual Problems in the Neurologically Impaired Adult

Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022
The visual and vestibular problems experienced by adults post brain injury (concussion, traumatic brain injury, cerebral vascular accident, tumor removal, etc.) must be evaluated and treated in conjunction with each other for best outcomes.
Mary Jo McGuire
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational Injuries in PTs [PDF]

Physical Therapy, 2000
To the Editor: We are concerned with the approach to occupational injuries taken by Dr Hart in his Letter to the Editor in the November 1999 issue.1 Specifically, to deny the existence of occupational injuries in physical therapists because of problems in defining the word “injury” is dangerous and out of touch with clinical realities.
Cromie, Jean E., Robertson, Valma J., Best, Margaret O.   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources