Patient handling and risk for developing persistent low-back pain among female healthcare workers

Patient handling and risk for developing persistent low-back pain among female healthcare workers

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the risk of persistent low-back pain (LBP) based on the number of patient-handling activities among female healthcare workers with no LBP and those with sub-chronic LBP at baseline. METHOD: Female healthcare workers in the eldercare services answer...

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Main Authors: Andreas Holtermann, Thomas Clausen, Marie Birk Jørgensen, Alex Burdorf, Lars L Andersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH) 2013-03-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Subjects:
back pain
occupational risk
patient handling
chronic pain
healthcare worker
persistent low-back pain
occupational physical exposure
female
low-back pain
musculoskeletal disorder
women
Online Access: https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3329

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