Musculoskeletal Risks: RULA Bibliometric Review

Musculoskeletal disorders: OWAS review

The prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) is very important in the world. Governments and companies are the most interested. The objective of the present work is to review the literature on the applications of the OWAS method in the diverse sectors or fields of knowledge and countries from its publication to March 2017. The use of OWAS method has been classified by categories of knowled...

Fuzzy decision making: A bibliometric-based review

Fuzzy decision-making consists in making decisions under complex and uncertain environments where the information can be assessed with fuzzy sets and systems. The aim of this study is to review the main contributions in this field by using a bibliometric approach. For doing so, the article uses a wide range of bibliometric indicators including the citations and the h-index. Moreover, it also us...

Comment piece: Musculoskeletal Injury Risks for Ambulance Workers

Comment piece: Musculoskeletal Injury Risks for Ambulance Workers

Risks and causes of musculoskeletal injuries among health care workers.

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) persist as the leading category of occupational injury in health care. Limited evidence exists regarding MSIs for occupations other than direct patient care providers. An evaluation of the risks, causes and activities associated with MSIs that includes non-patient care health care occupations is warranted. AIMS To examine the risks and causes of time...