Do repetitive tasks give rise to musculoskeletal disorders?
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Do repetitive tasks give rise to musculoskeletal disorders?
Repetitive tasks can undoubtedly cause discomfort and pain, but whether they cause or worsen the pathology causing the pain is most uncertain. Research in this area is difficult as the 'work-related upper limb disorders' do not occur exclusively in workers and because there is no simple, reliable and reproducible test for most 'work-related upper limb disorders'. Furthermore many studies are di...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0962-7480,1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.4.257