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Association Between Heavy Lifting - Recreational and Occupational - and Pregnancy Outcomes

Quality in Sport
Background: For years, pregnant women were told to avoid heavy lifting and high-intensity movement. However, current research shows the distinction between different types of physical load. While recreational lifting and strength training offer positive health benefits, repetitive heavy lifting in a workplace setting can lead to negative clinical ...
Joanna Mioduszewska, Paweł Rot, Piotr Poniewozik, Natalia Dziuba, Aleksandra Sim, Maja Pernal, Zofia Roguska, Andrzej Paweł Zuzak, Paweł Poniewozik, Krzysztof Grabowski   +9 more
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An analysis of the adhesive rolls handling task in the warehouse area at 3M [PDF]

, 2001
Plan BThe purpose of this study is to identify, evaluate, and analyze the ergonomic exposures associated with the adhesive rolls handling area in the warehouse area at 3M Cumberland, WI and recommend solutions to reduce the risk for potential loss.
Phillips, Chad
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What Does Psychological Wellbeing at Work Mean to Healthcare Professionals' and for Patients' Experiences of Care?

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore perceptions of healthcare professionals' psychological wellbeing at work and patients' experiences of care. Design Narrative interviews were undertaken as part of a wider experience‐based co‐design study. Methods Interviews were undertaken March to December 2022 with 19 participants (healthcare professionals n = 13 and patients ...
Kathryn Bamforth, Helen Lloyd, Bridie Kent, Jill Maben, Susie Pearce   +4 more
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Occupational Health Promotion throughout an Interventional Ergonomic Design (Case Study: An Ergonomic Cart Design at a Food Manufacturing Company in Iran)

International Journal of Occupational Hygiene, 2015
Health, safety, and environment management are dedicated a vast area in which ergonomics aspects known as one of the related aspects. In the following case study, the occupational hygiene by ergonomic intervention is focused.
HASSAN SADEGHI NAEINI
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Occupational lifting predicts hospital admission due to low back pain in a cohort of airport baggage handlers. [PDF]

Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 2020
Brauer C, Mikkelsen S, Pedersen EB, Møller KL, Simonsen EB, Koblauch H, Alkjær T, Helweg-Larsen K, Thygesen LC.   +8 more
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Protect yourself and your workers from musculoskeletal injury. Download and use the NIOSH lifting equation calculator (NLE Calc) app [PDF]

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Lifting Equation mobile application, NLE Calc, is a tool to calculate the overall risk index for single and multiple manual lifting tasks.

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Exploring the Perceived Effectiveness, Impact and Benefits of a Work‐Based Cancer Survivorship Peer Support Programme: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the perceived effectiveness, impact and benefits of a work‐based cancer survivorship peer support programme for healthcare employees who have experienced or are experiencing cancer. Design A qualitative descriptive study. Methods Purposive sampling was used to recruit 33 participants (10 peers, 12 peer supporters, 4 line ...
Maria O'Malley, Teresa Wills, Sean Kelleher, Ciaran Evans, Caroline Kilty, Irem Koc, Olga Cleary, Helen Forristal, Mohamad M. Saab, Josephine Hegarty   +9 more
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An Evidence-Based Multidisciplinary Practice Guideline to Reduce the Workload due to Lifting for Preventing Work-Related Low Back Pain

, 2014
We developed an evidence-based practice guideline to support occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals in assessing the risk due to lifting and in selecting effective preventive measures for low back pain (LBP) in the Netherlands.
Lebbink, M, Leo AM Elders, Elders, Leo A. M., Lebbink, Marian, Verbeek, Jos H. A. M., Kuijer, P Paul FM, P Paul FM Kuijer, Jos HAM Verbeek, Marian Lebbink, Burdorf, Lex; id_orcid, Verbeek, JHAM, Kuijer, P. Paul F. M., Hulshof, CTJ, Burdorf, Lex, Elders, Leo AM, Carel TJ Hulshof, Verbeek, Jos HAM, van Roden, N, Visser, B, Elders, Leo, Hulshof, Carel T. J., Van den Wittenboer, Marion ER, Marion ER Van den Wittenboer, Bart Visser, Nico Van Roden, van den Wittenboer, MER, Kuijer, PPFM, Burdorf, Alex, Van Roden, Nico, van den Wittenboer, Marion E. R., Alex Burdorf, Visser, Bart, Hulshof, Carel TJ   +32 more
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Regional Community Building in Hard Times: Communal and Functional Filtering at EU Borders During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Pandemics are times of closure. States typically restrict the entry of persons to protect their national communities from external health hazards. In this regard, the COVID‐19 pandemic presented the European Union (EU) with a severe challenge. We ask to what extent the border policies of EU member states during the pandemic supported regional ...
Christian Freudlsperger, Jana Lipps, Frank Schimmelfennig   +2 more
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Occupational kinesiology: back pain and load lifting techniques

Sigurnost : časopis za sigurnost u radnoj i životnoj okolini, 2018
Iako razne vrste zanimanja različito utječu na ljudsko zdravlje, nepravilni načini držanja tijela i bolovi u leđima povezuju veliki broj radnika i zanimanja. Bolovi u leđima česta su pojava i kod radnika u trgovinama. Njihov posao prvenstveno je okarakteriziran velikim brojem ponavljanja spuštanja i podizanja trupa prilikom slaganja robe.
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