Manual Handling in Aged Care: Impact of Environment-related Interventions on Mobility

The manual handling of people (MHP) is known to be associated with high incidence of musculoskeletal disorders for aged care staff. Environment-related MHP interventions, such as appropriate seated heights to aid sit-to-stand transfers, can reduce staff injury while improving the patient's mobi...

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Main Authors: Robyn L. Coman, Carlo Caponecchia, Andrew S. McIntosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Safety and Health at Work
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791117304286