conclusions the prevalence of msds among the nurses was high, and the occurrence of such disorders was found to be related to the scores of mapo and ptai indices. based on the results, these two indices can be used as appropriate tools to assess the risk of msds in patient handling by nursing staff. the risk of developing msds can be lowered through interventional programs, such as providing an...

The article presents theoretical and methodological aspects of social support for families with adolescents musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in rehabilitation centres. In particular, it describes the process results from implementation author’s work mutual groups parents MSDs. aims to determine quasi-experimentally verify methods individuals MSDs prove their effectiveness centres involvement pa...

The advances of speech processing technologies make it possible to build spoken dialogue systems (SDS) which may provide people with useful information. However, most current SDS can only deal with one speaker a time, improvements should be made before the SDS can be applied to domains where multiple speakers interact with the system. This paper discusses research issues for developing a multi-...

Nursing schools in the United States have not been teaching evidence-based practices for safe patient handling, putting their graduates at risk for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The specific aim of this study was to translate research related to safe patient handling into the curricula of nursing schools and evaluate the impact on nurse educators and students' intentions to use safe patient...

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a major occupational health issue for workers in developed and developing countries, including Malaysia. Most research related to MSDs has been undertaken in developed countries; given the different regulatory and cultural practices it is plausible that contributions of hazard and risk factors may be different. A population of Malaysian public service office...

PURPOSE To test whether Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) information lead insurance physicians (IPs) to change their judgment about the physical work ability of claimants with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). METHODS Twenty-seven IPs scored twice the physical work ability of two claimants for 12 specified activities, using a visual analogue scale. One claimant performed an FCE, the other...

Occupational therapy practitioners offer services to workers in the workplace to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), to help the injured worker restore function, and to recover capacities needed to return to the job. Despite the existence of some evidence about the efficacy of prevention programs, there is uncertainty and even disagreement among health professionals, about the outcome of ...

The Lubrizol Corporation is a specialty chemical company with headquarters near Cleveland, Ohio. Lubrizol was founded over 60 years ago and has enjoyed a reputation for being a leader in the innovative development of specialty chemicals for use in industry and agriculture. A small manufacturing facility is located on the corporate headquarters site. Two large manufacturing facilities complete t...

Background: Ergonomic risk factors are among the critical for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in office workers. Objectives: This study investigated MSD prevalence and ergonomic of staff workstations at Kashan University Medical Sciences (KAUMS), Kashan, Iran. Methods: cross-sectional was conducted 2021. The samples were workers KAUMS who had more than one year work experience worked with comp...