Work and non-work-related stress increase the risk of arm symptoms

Advanced Knowledge Work and Stress-related Symptoms

[Stress and work-related injuries].

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate in scientific literature the more frequent work injuries among the occupational categories examined (construction workers, healthcare workers, night workers and shift work, drivers) and to identify occupational stressors that increase the risk of injury. MATERIALS AND METHODS The research was conducted through review of the scientific literature...

Understanding work related musculoskeletal pain: does repetitive work cause stress symptoms?

BACKGROUND Pain in the neck and upper extremity is reported with high frequency in repetitive work. Mechanical overload of soft tissues seems a plausible mechanism, but psychological factors have received considerable attention during the past decade. If psychological factors are important for development of regional pain in repetitive work, stress symptoms would likely be on the causal path. ...

Work-related stress in nursing: Controlling the risk to health

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the evaluation of language related engagment and task related engagment with the purpose of investigating the effect of metatalk and task typology

abstract while task-based instruction is considered as the most effective way to learn a language in the related literature, it is oversimplified on various grounds. different variables may affect how students are engaged with not only the language but also with the task itself. the present study was conducted to investigate language and task related engagement on the basis of the task typolog...