Introduction. WHO recognizes low back pain as one of the most important ergonomic stressors. Therefore, the present study was designed to find out the magnitude of the problem among jute mill workers in India and identify possible associations. Methodology. This cross-sectional workplace based study was conducted among eight (8) selected jute mills of India. Subjects with self-reported back pai...

Nurses and other caregivers face high risk for developing work-related musculoskeletal disorders while lifting and holding limbs in the orthopaedic practice setting. A task force including representatives from the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, American Nurses Association, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Patient Safety Center of Inquiry at the James A. Haley ...

This paper gives an overview of a participatory ergonomic intervention aimed at reducing low back pain cases in the dispatch department of a catalogue and e-commerce retail company. Based on the findings of the ergonomic analysis and design committee, the company's own employees redesigned the assembly line's layout. As a result of these changes two job tasks that involved manual material handl...

Purpose: Low back pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, and lifting is one of its risk factors. The activities of lumbar muscles as the main muscles involved in lifting are important with regard to identification of the allowable limits and the injury mechanisms as well as the motor control aspects. This study aimed to investigate the effects of the lifting speed on the lumb...

Estimation of low-back moments from video analysis a validation study. 78 79 Chapter 6 Validity of a video analysis method 6 ABSTRACT This study aimed to develop, compare and validate two versions of a video analysis method for assessment of low-back moments during occupational lifting tasks since for epidemiological studies and ergonomic practice relatively cheap and easily applicable methods ...

background : lifting methods, including standing stance and techniques have wide effects on spine loading and stability. previous studies explored lifting techniques in many biomechanical terms and documented changes in muscular and postural response of body as a function of techniques .however, the impact of standing stance and lifting technique on human musculoskeletal had not been investigat...