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Workers' compensation in the United States: high costs, low benefits [PDF]
, 1995 Studies suggest that income replacement is low for many workers with serious occupational injuries and illnesses. This review discusses three areas that hold promise for raising benefits to workers while reducing workers' compensation costs to employers:
Boden, Leslie
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Two genetic loci associated with ankle injury. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Ankle injuries, including sprains, strains and other joint derangements and instability, are common, especially for athletes involved in indoor court or jumping sports.
Stuart K Kim +6 more
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Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices, 2022 A heightened risk for lateral ankle sprain injuries has been associated with excessive shoe-surface friction. ‘Spraino’ is a novel product specifically designed towards preventing friction-related lateral ankle sprains. In a recent 510-athlete randomized
Filip Gertz Lysdal +2 more
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Why are there more accidents on Mondays? Economic incentives, ergonomics or externalities
Frontiers in Behavioral EconomicsIntroductionResearch consistently finds more workplace injuries occur on Mondays than on other weekdays. One hypothesis is that workers fraudulently claim that off-the-job weekend sprains and strains occurred at work on the Monday in order to receive ...
Michelle Poland +5 more
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International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2012 Lateral ankle sprains continue to be the most common injury sustained by athletes and create an annual healthcare burden of over $4 billion in the U.S. alone. Foot inversion is suspected in these cases, but the mechanism of injury remains unclear.
Daniel Tik-Pui Fong, Feng Wei
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Using Workers' Compensation Claims Data to Describe Nonfatal Injuries among Workers in Alaska
Safety and Health at Work, 2020 Background: To gain a better understanding of nonfatal injuries in Alaska, underutilized data sources such as workers’ compensation claims must be analyzed. The purpose of the current study was to utilize workers’ compensation claims data to estimate the
Devin L. Lucas +5 more
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Facing Facts: Facial Injuries from Stand-up Electric Scooters [PDF]
, 2020 Background Stand-up electric scooters (SES) are a popular public transportation method. Numerous safety concerns have arisen since their recent introduction.
Alwani, Mohamedkazim +7 more
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Спортивная медицина: наука и практика, 2020 The movement dynamic characteristics are the main parameters for physical exercise dosing during the athlete recovery process. However, taking into account the geometric characteristics of movement is no less important, especially when restoring the ...
O. S. Vasilyev, S. P. Levushkin
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Predictive model of the human muscle fatigue: application to repetitive push-pull tasks with light external load [PDF]
, 2015 Repetitive tasks in industrial works may contribute to health problems among operators, such as musculo-skeletal disorders, in part due to insufficient control of muscle fatigue.
Bennis, Fouad +3 more
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Biophysical processes of morphogenesis in lizard lungs
Developmental Dynamics, EarlyView.Abstract Background The lungs of squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) are highly diverse, exhibiting single chambers, multiple chambers, transitional forms with two to three chambers, along with a suite of other anatomical features, including finger‐like epithelial projections into the body cavity known as diverticulae.
Kaleb Hill +9 more
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