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Cumulative occupational mechanical exposures during working life and risk of sickness absence and disability pension: prospective cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2017
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to determine the prospective association of cumulative mechanical exposure during working life with health-related labor market outcomes.
Emil Sundstrup, Åse Marie Hansen, Erik Lykke Mortensen, Otto Melchior Poulsen, Thomas Clausen, Reiner Rugulies, Anne Møller, Lars L Andersen   +7 more
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Work-Related Risk Assessment According to the Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation: A Preliminary Study Using a Wearable Inertial Sensor and Machine Learning

Sensors, 2021
Many activities may elicit a biomechanical overload. Among these, lifting loads can cause work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Aspiring to improve risk prevention, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) established a ...
Leandro Donisi, Giuseppe Cesarelli, Armando Coccia, Monica Panigazzi, Edda Maria Capodaglio, Giovanni D’Addio   +5 more
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0204 Retinal detachment and occupational lifting: the evidence to date [PDF]

Oral Presentation, 2017
Introduction There is an “oral tradition”, especially among myopics, that heavy lifting leads to retinal detachment (RD). Some years ago, searching the literature, we failed to find evidence supporting this theory. Then, in the early 2000s, we performed a case-control study to test the hypothesis that repeated lifting tasks could be a risk factor for ...
openaire   +1 more source

NO NĀ PUA: Exploring the feasibility of culture‐based social prescribing on firefighters' wellbeing in Hawaiʻi

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda, Margary Martin, Misty Pacheco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Essential, Yet Precarious, Mistreated, Sick and Medicalized: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed‐Methods Study on Homecare Aides in Spain

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Homecare aides (HCAs) are professional non‐family caregivers, who support dependent individuals to live at home with dignity; yet in Spain they remain understudied and vulnerable, often facing precarious working conditions. We aimed to characterize HCAs’ employment, living conditions, health, and exposure to workplace violence and ...
Albert Navarro‐Giné, Pedro Ferrer‐Rosende, Maria Feijoo‐Cid, Sergio Salas‐Nicás, Laura Esteve‐Matalí, Valeria Stuardo‐Ávila, María Isabel Fernández‐Cano   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of lifting during work on low-back pain – a health impact assessment based on a meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2014
Lifting at work is considered an important risk factor for low back pain (LBP). However, contradictory findings have been reported, partly because frequency, duration and intensity (ie, the weight of the load) of lifting have not been systematically ...
van Dieen, J.H., van der Burght, ASAM, van der Beek, A.J., Coenen, Pieter, Burdorf, Lex; id_orcid, Beek, AJ, Coenen, P., Gouttebarge, V, Gouttebarge, V., Gouttebarge, Vincent, Fringsdresen, M.H.W., Burdorf, Lex, Burdorf, A., van der Beek, Allard J., Frings-Dresen, Monique H. W., van der Burght, Aafje S. A. M., Frings-Dresen, MHW, Coenen, P, van der Burght, A.S.A.M., Frings-Dresen, M., Burdorf, Alex, van Dieën, J., van der Beek, A., M van der Burght, A., van Dieen, J.H.; id_orcid, van Dieën, Jaap H., van Dieen, JH   +26 more
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Upaya Perbaikan Teknik Pengangkatan Beban Yang Ergonomis Bagi Pekerja Pemetik Daun Teh Di Perkebunan Teh Pangalengan

Ethos: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat, 2022
Background implementation PKM is the potential work risk that will be experienced by tea pickers from low back pain caused by working without paying attention to correct work methods based on ergonomic principles.
Anis Septiani, Eri Achiraeniwati, Nur Rahman Asad, Yanti Sri Rejeki   +3 more
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‘Hurry Up and Get Me out of Here’: The Experience of People Under 65 Years (Still) Stuck in Aged Care

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, the Australian Government set a target for no‐one under 65 years of age to be living in residential aged care (RAC) by 2025. The numbers of young people in residential aged care (YPIRAC) have significantly declined since the start of the targets.
Elroy Dearn, Kate D'Cruz, Mark Brown, Jacinta Douglas, Dianne Winkler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

P05-15 Effects on heart rate, physical activity and ambulatory blood pressure from occupational physical activity with and without lifting among farmers in Denmark [PDF]

, 2022
BACKGROUND: High levels of occupational physical activity associate to increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, knowledge regarding the acute effects of different components of the occupational physical activity, such as lifting, on risk ...
Korshoj, Mette, Olsen, Michael Hecht, Mortensen, Ole Steen, Baumann, Mathilde, Korshøj, Mette   +4 more
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EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL RISKS IN ROUNT-TRIP OPERATIONS WHEN DRILLING OIL AND GAS WELLS

Известия высших учебных заведений: Нефть и газ, 2017
The article presents the analysis of occupational risks when performing round-trip operations during drilling oil and gas wells and provides simple and easy-to-understand methods of occupational risk management.
R. R. Shangareyev
doaj   +1 more source