McCrory, Bernadette Ma, Jiahui Irons, Sonya L Burnfield, Judith M
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Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation
Physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) are at high risk for work-related musculoskeletal pain and discomfort. Determine the prevalence and exposure risk factors for work-related injuries (WRIs) among rehabilitation PTs and PTAs. A cross-sectional research survey was conducted among 170 PTs and 67 PTAs at 51 free-standing...
Ivaz, Jelena Nikolić, Ružica R. Petrović, Dejan Djoković, Jelena M. Hadzima, Branislav
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System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment
Artificial neural networks (ANN) are a powerful tool in the decision-making process, especially in solving the complex problems with a large number of input data. The possibility to predict the work-related injuries in the underground coal mines, based on application of the neural networks, is analyzed in this work. the input data for the network w...
Kurth, Laura Casey, Megan Chin, Brian Mazurek, Jacek M Schleiff, Patricia Halldin, Cara Blackley, David J
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American journal of industrial medicine
Workers' compensation claims among Medicare beneficiaries have not been described previously. To examine the healthcare burden of work-related injury and illness among Medicare beneficiaries, we assessed the characteristics, healthcare utilization, and financial costs among Medicare beneficiaries with claims for which workers' compensation was the ...
Mishra, SukhDev Palkhade, Rajendra
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Veterinary World
Background and Aim: Veterinary medicine is a high-risk occupation and imparts a risk of physical injuries due to the unpredictable nature of the animals and workplace conditions. This study aimed to identify the associated risk factors and prevalence of work-related injuries, and automobile accidents among veterinarians in India. Materials and Meth...
Birhane, Getnet Engeda Yang, Li Geng, Jichao Zhu, Junqi
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International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE
This article aims to identify the causes of construction injuries (CIs), summarize them into categories, provide input in a concise form for reference and recommend possible solutions. A total of 967 peer-reviewed papers were retrieved, and 42 papers were finally identified and analyzed in detail. Causes of CIs were categorized into four major fact...
Istenič, Neja
Uvod: Mišično-skeletne poškodbe vplivajo na gibanje ali pa na mišično-skeletni sistem, in se kažejo kot bolečina, otekanje, oslabljena mišična moč, atrofija mišic ter rdečica. Primarna naloga reševalca je zagotoviti prehospitalno nujno oskrbo in hkrati varen prevoz pacienta v bolnišnico. Za delo v reševalnem vozilu je značilna tudi neugodna, nefizi...
Baidwan, Navneet Kaur Gerberich, Susan Goodwin Kim, Hyun Ryan, Andrew D Church, Timothy Capistrant, Benjamin
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Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
Biases may exist in the limited longitudinal data focusing on work-related injuries among the ageing workforce. Standard statistical techniques may not provide valid estimates when the data are time-varying and when prior exposures and outcomes may influence future outcomes. This research effort uses marginal structural models (MSMs), a class of ca...
Ivaz, Jelena Petrović, Dejan Nikolić, Ružica R. Djoković, Jelena M.
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System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment
The mining industry in Serbia has an important place in the country's economic development. Bearing in mind that the number of injuries that occur in the mining industry is unacceptably high, occupational safety and health is a challenge that existing and future mines will have to deal with. Studying injuries in mining, it was noticed that injuries...
Rose, Linda Eklund, Jörgen Nord Nilsson, Lena Barman, Linda Lind, Carl M
In this paper the RAMP Package is presented with the objective to facilitate the application of the RAMP tool to systematically manage MSD risks. The package consists of the RAMP tool (Risk Assessment and Management tool for manual handling Proactively), the RAMP website, and free, globally available online, training courses (MOOCs). An Action modu...
Cekuta, Helena Trožić, Šejla
Uvod: Težave mišično–skeletnega sistema, nastale pri delu, predstavljajo velik poklicni problem med radiološkimi inženirji. Napačni načini dvigovanja in prestavljanja pacientov spadajo med glavne vzroke za omenjene težave, k dodatni obremenitvi pa pripomoreta še prisilna in nepravilna drža. Namen: Namen naše diplomske naloge je raziskati mišično–sk...