Occupational heavy lifting and risk of ischemic heart disease and all-cause mortality [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2012 Background Occupational heavy lifting is known to impose a high cardiovascular strain, but the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) from occupational heavy lifting is unknown.
Christina Bjørk Petersen +2 more
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Duration and intensity of occupational lifting and risk of long-term sickness absence: Prospective cohort study with register follow-up among 45 000 workers [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2023 OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the prospective association of lifting duration and lifting load with the risk of long-term sickness absence (LTSA).METHODS: We followed manual workers with occupational lifting (N=45 346 ...
Rúni Bláfoss +6 more
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Occupational lifting and risk of hypertension, stratified by use of anti-hypertensives and age - a cross-sectional and prospective cohort study [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Heavy occupational lifting is prevalent in the general working population and is sparsely reported to associate with hypertension, especially among older and hypertensive workers.
Mette Korshøj +6 more
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Clinical guidelines for occupational lifting in pregnancy: evidence summary and provisional recommendations [PDF]
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2013 Empirically based lifting criteria established by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to reduce the risk of overexertion injuries in the general US working population were evaluated for application to pregnant workers.
Thomas R Waters
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Safety and Health at Work, 2012 Objectives: Lifting heavy weights involves the Valsalva manoeuvre, which leads to intraocular pressure spikes. We used data from a case-control study to further investigate the hypothesis that occupational lifting is a risk factor for retinal detachment.
Stefano Mattioli +2 more
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Occupational lifting during pregnancy and child’s birth size in a large cohort study
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2014 OBJECTIVES: It has been suggested that the handling of heavy loads during pregnancy is associated with impaired fetal growth. We examined the association between quantity and frequency of maternal occupational lifting and the child’s size at birth ...
Mette Juhl +6 more
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Occupational lifting and rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: a follow-up study of Swedish conscripts [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2017 To investigate the association between occupational lifting and the risk of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) using data from a large population of men.We used data from a national cohort of 49 321 Swedish men conscripted for compulsory military service in 1969-1970.
Farioli, Andrea +4 more
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BiosensorsRepetitive lifting tasks in occupational settings often result in shoulder injuries, impacting both health and productivity. Accurately assessing the biomechanical risk of these tasks remains a significant challenge in occupational ergonomics ...
Fatemeh Davoudi Kakhki
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Evaluation of the Impact of the Revised National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Lifting Equation [PDF]
Human Factors, 2016 Objective: The objective of this article is to evaluate the impact of the Revised National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Lifting Equation (RNLE). Background: The RNLE has been used extensively as a risk assessment method
Ming-Lun Lu, Arun Garg, Kermit G Davis
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Ischaemic heart disease among workers in occupations associated with heavy lifting
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2016 Objectives: To investigate a hypothesized positive association between employment in occupations where heavy lifting is likely to occur, and the risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD).
Harald Hannerz, Andreas Holtermann
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