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| Title: |
Ergonomics in a hospital and a university setting: The effect of worksite analysis on upper extremity work-related musculoskeletal disorders |
| Author: |
Carolyn S. Hanson Orit Shechtman Portia Gardner-Smith |
| Appeared in: |
Work |
| Paging: | Volume 16 (2003) nr. 3 pages 185-200 |
| Year: |
2003-06-03 |
| Contents: |
{\it Objectives:} The purpose of this study was to determine whether individuals with work-related injuries receiving worksite analysis would have less lost workdays than individuals not receiving worksite analysis. Therapeutic management of work-related injuries in a hospital and a university setting were also compared. {\it Study design:} Over a one-year period, employees who sustained an upper extremity work-related injury were issued questionnaires regarding their injury, treatment, functional status and pain level. Participants were divided into three groups: group 1 consisted of hospital employees (N=14) who underwent worksite analysis, group 2 included university employees (N=15) who underwent worksite analysis whereas group~3 included university employees (N=14) who underwent no analysis. {\it Results:} All groups were similar in demographics, functional status, and pain level. Satisfaction with the worksite analysis was similar for groups one and two. {\it Conclusion:} A pattern of less absenteeism but greater modified duty days was associated with those individuals undergoing worksite analysis. |
| Publisher: |
IOS Press |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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