scholarly journals Prevalence and risk factors of low back disorders among waste collection workers: A systematic review

Work ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
Benedicta O. Asante ◽  
Catherine Trask ◽  
Olugbenga Adebayo ◽  
Brenna Bath
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
Back Disorders ◽  
Low Back Disorders

scholarly journals Gait behaviors as an objective surgical outcome in low back disorders: A systematic review

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 528-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nima Toosizadeh ◽  
Tzu Chuan Yen ◽  
Carol Howe ◽  
Michael Dohm ◽  
Jane Mohler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Surgical Outcome ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Back Disorders ◽  
Low Back Disorders

Health-Related and Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Disability Pension due to Low Back Disorders

2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 488-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanna Pietikäinen ◽  
Karri Silventoinen ◽  
Pia Svedberg ◽  
Kristina Alexanderson ◽  
Antti Huunan-Seppälä ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Disability Pension ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Back Disorders ◽  
Low Back Disorders ◽  
Sociodemographic Risk ◽  
Health Related

Identifying Safe Load Moment Exposures for the Back

2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (14) ◽  
pp. 883-883
Author(s):  
Steven A. Lavender ◽  
William S. Marras ◽  
Sue A. Ferguson ◽  
Riley E. Splittstoesser ◽  
Gang Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Physical Workload ◽  
Back Injury ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Distribution Centers ◽  
Back Disorders ◽  
Low Back Injury ◽  
Low Back Disorders ◽  
Back Disorder

Low back disorders continue to be the most common and significant work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the US. Identifying what constitutes a “safe” physical workload has been the biggest challenge facing injury prevention efforts. Prior low back injury risk models have focused on manufacturing activities where there is limited variability in the parameters used to describe the exposures to low back disorder risk factors. Lifting tasks in distribution centers can have considerably more variability in load and physical layout. The goal of this project was to identify and quantify measures that characterize the biomechanical risk factors, including measures of the load moment exposure, and measures that characterize the duty cycle that are predictive of low back disorders in distribution centers. Thus, our hypothesis was that we could define a relationship between moment exposure parameters and the low back disorder incidence rates. A cross-sectional study was designed to examine the mechanical risk factors responsible for reported low back injury in distributions centers. The physical exposure was measured on 195 workers on 50 jobs in 21 distribution centers using a sonic-based Moment Exposure Tracking System (METS). The METS measures load, force, load moment, torso kinematics, and temporal parameters of the job simultaneously. For each job, low back injury rates were collected retrospectively from the company's records over the prior 3-year period. The data were used to develop a risk model designed to predict back injury risk based upon direct measures of load and load moment exposure. The model incorporates biomechanical variables which include the load moment and horizontal sliding forces, as well as a temporal variable indicating the opportunity for micro-breaks during the work process. Overall, the presented model has very good sensitivity (87%) and specificity (73%).

The association between awkward working posture and low back disorders in farmers: a systematic review

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Idrees Khan ◽  
Brenna Bath ◽  
Catherine Boden ◽  
Olugbenga Adebayo ◽  
Catherine Trask
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Back Disorders ◽  
Working Posture ◽  
Low Back Disorders

A participatory ergonomics intervention to reduce risk factors for low-back disorders in concrete laborers

2004 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 427-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A Hess ◽  
Steven Hecker ◽  
Marc Weinstein ◽  
Mindy Lunger
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Participatory Ergonomics ◽  
Back Disorders ◽  
Low Back Disorders ◽  
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