Book Review: Cumulative Trauma Disorders in the Workplace: Costs, Prevention and Progress

Reinjury prevention follow-through for clients with cumulative trauma disorders.

OBJECTIVES Fifteen subjects with upper extremity work-related cumulative trauma disorders were involved in a quality improvement study to determine their self-reported degree of follow-through with reinjury prevention regimens. The effect of cuing was also studied. METHOD During occupational therapy, subjects were involved in an educational session that focused on recommendations in ergonomic...

Hand wrist cumulative trauma disorders in industry.

A total of 574 active workers from six different industrial sites were categorised into four force repetitive exposure groups. Workers in low force-low repetitive jobs served as an internal comparison population for the three other groups. Videotapes and surface electromyography were used to estimate hand force and repetitiveness. The presence of cumulative trauma disorders (CTD) was determined...

P168: Anxiety Disorders in the Workplace

Anxiety and depression has increased sharply in recent years. Depression has a very large impact on at-work performance, due to the prevalence of depression and its ability to impair work performance. Depression among employees has been estimated to have a prevalence of approximately 10%. There is growing evidence that the workplace can have an important role in the development of anxiety probl...

The case for cumulative trauma in low back disorders.

Occupational cumulative trauma disorders of the upper extremity.

The umbrella term cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) (also known as repetitive strain injuries, overuse syndromes, and repetitive motion disorders) covers a number of similar conditions arising from overuse of the joints or soft tissues of the upper extremity. Occupational CTDs have become a common problem in the workplace. These disorders are costly to the employer, the worker, and society in ...