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Occupational therapy students’ views of health promotion [PDF]

, 2008
With the increased interest in the contribution of occupational therapists to health promotion, the College of Occupational Therapists (2004a) recommended that pre-registration programmes should prepare graduates for practice which includes health ...
Jones-Phipps, M, Craik, C
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Relationship between cumulative exposure to occupational lifting throughout working life and risk of ischemic heart disease in men and women. The Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank. [PDF]

Annals of Work Exposures and Health
Charlotte Ørsted Hougaard, Mette Korshøj, Rikke Lund   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Educating occupational therapists for mental health practice [PDF]

, 2000
The last of four elements of the Mental Health Project, established by the College of Occupational Therapists to produce a position paper on the way ahead for research, education and practice in occupational therapy in mental health (Craik et al 1998a ...
Austin, C, Craik, C
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Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Occupational Lifting [PDF]

American Journal of Epidemiology, 1998
To test the hypothesis that occupational lifting is a cause of hip osteoarthritis, the authors examined associations with lifting and other occupational activities in a case-control study. The study was performed in two English health districts (Portsmouth and North Staffordshire) from 1993 to 1995.
Coggon, D, Kellingray, S, Inskip, H, Croft, P, Campbell, L, Cooper, C   +5 more
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Neglected cause of retinal detachment: a hospital-based case-control study on occupational heavy lifting as a risk factor

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 2021
Background Heavy lifting may lead to sudden increase in venous, intra-abdominal, and intraocular pressure which in turn may cause retinal detachment (RD). The epidemiological evidence for this association is still inconclusive. This study was carried out
Nayera S. Mostafa, Radwa Nabil El Shereif, Ayat F. Manzour   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Real-Time Safety Warning System for Lifting Operations in Construction Sites

Engineering Proceedings, 2023
A construction site is an open and dynamic space. Construction accidents have been the top-ranked occupational accidents among all industries around the world.
Hsien-Kuan Chang, Li-Ming Lu, Hsien-Chou Liao, Wen-Der Yu, Zi-Yi Lim   +4 more
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A case study on occupational back-support exoskeletons versatility in lifting and carrying [PDF]

Proceedings of the 14th PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments Conference, 2021
To prevent workers performing manual material handling from developing musculoskeletal disorders, occupational back-support exoskeletons are becoming more and more common in industrial scenarios. However, while their beneficial effects on weight lifting tasks are known, additional work is still needed to make them effective in assisting - or at least ...
Tommaso Poliero, Matteo Iurato, Matteo Sposito, Christian Di Natali, Stefano Toxiri, Sara Anastasi, Francesco Draicchio, Luigi Monica, Darwin G. Caldwell, Vittorio Sanguineti, Jesús Ortiz 0001   +10 more
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The Application of Image Processing to Determine Lift Occupancy

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023
Abstract Lifts have become an essential device to move people up and down tall buildings every day. However, sometimes the lift still stops even though it is already fully occupied, either with people or objects, and is not able to take in more passengers.
Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Nasir, Wei Jen Chew
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A survey of occupational therapy practitioners in mental health [PDF]

, 1998
As part of the College of Occupational Therapists’ Mental Health Project, a survey of occupational therapists practising in mental health in the UK was conducted.
Richards, G, Chacksfield, J, Craik, C
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sEMG Spectral Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms Are Able to Discriminate Biomechanical Risk Classes Associated with Manual Material Liftings

Bioengineering, 2023
Manual material handling and load lifting are activities that can cause work-related musculoskeletal disorders. For this reason, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health proposed an equation depending on the following parameters ...
Leandro Donisi, Deborah Jacob, Lorena Guerrini, Giuseppe Prisco, Fabrizio Esposito, Mario Cesarelli, Francesco Amato, Paolo Gargiulo   +7 more
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