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Work Ability of Machinery Manufacturing Employees [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research, 2018
Assessment of work ability is an important aspect of occupational medical services, the main goal being to maintain employees’ health, well-being and efficiency. The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the work ability of workers employed by two
Gergana Sandeva, Rositsa Deliradeva, Pavlina Gidikova   +2 more
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Physical workload – a risk factor for miscarriage?

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2013
Physical workload factors, such as shift work, long working hours, and lifting, standing and carrying or moving heavy loads, are prevalent exposures among working women.
Marja-Liisa Lindbohm
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Functional polymorphisms in asporin and CILP together with joint loading predispose to hand osteoarthritis

BMC Genetics, 2017
Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease afflicting people in the Western world and has a strong genetic influence. The aim of this study was to examine the association of two known functional polymorphisms in the TGF ...
Mari Taipale, Svetlana Solovieva, Päivi Leino-Arjas, Minna Männikkö   +3 more
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Work ability and work functioning: measuring change in individuals recently returned to work [PDF]

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2019
To assess: (1) whether work ability and work-functioning instruments can detect relevant changes in their respective parameters following a return to work (RTW) and (2) what proportion of those returning to work show changes in their work ability and work functioning.A total of 1073 workers who returned to work after at least 2 weeks of sick leave were
A. van Schaaijk, K. Nieuwenhuijsen, M. H. W. Frings-Dresen, J. K. Sluiter   +3 more
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The effect of workplace intervention on pain and sickness absence caused by upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2011
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of an ergonomic intervention on pain and sickness absence caused by upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders.
Rahman Shiri, Kari-Pekka Martimo, Helena Miranda, Ritva Ketola, Leena Kaila-Kangas, Helena Liira, Jaro Karppinen, Eira Viikari-Juntura   +7 more
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The Concept of Work Ability

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2010
The concept of "work ability" is central for many sciences, especially for those related to working life and to rehabilitation. It is one of the important concepts in legislation regulating sickness insurance. How the concept is defined therefore has important normative implications. The concept is, however, often not sufficiently well defined. AIM AND
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The prevalence and incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome in US working populations

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2014
In the September issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Dale et al (1) estimated the prevalence and incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) by pooling the raw individual-level data of six diverse prospective studies in US ...
Rahman Shiri
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Job boredom as an antecedent of four states of mental health: life satisfaction, positive functioning, anxiety, and depression symptoms among young employees – a latent change score approach

BMC Public Health
Background Job boredom has been generally associated with poorer self-rated health but the evidence is mainly cross-sectional and there is a lack of a holistic mental health approach.
Jie Li, Janne Kaltiainen, Jari J. Hakanen   +2 more
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Contribution of work ability and work motivation with performance and its impact on work productivity [PDF]

Management Science Letters, 2020
One of the important tasks is to improve work ability, work motivation, performance and work productivity in business. The research objective is to examine the contribution and influence of work ability, work motivation, performance, and their impacts on
Sri Hastari, Eva Mufidah, Paring Wahyudi, Dwita Laksmita
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Feasibility and Safety of Somato‐Cognitive Coordination Therapy for Cerebellar Ataxia Following Pediatric Brain Tumor Treatment

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cerebellar ataxia after pediatric brain tumor treatment can cause persistent gait, balance, and speech impairment, yet no established rehabilitation strategy exists. Somato‐cognitive coordination therapy (SCCT) is a virtual reality–guided intervention designed to promote sensorimotor integration through visually constrained reaching
Masanobu Takeuchi, Takashi Matsuzawa, Jun Yamanishi, Masahiro Yoshitomi, Junji Ikeda, Shin‐Ichi Tsujimoto, Yasuteru Yamaguchi, Norio Shiba, Dhroov Pathare, Ayumi Kato, Masahiko Hara   +10 more
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