Work-related musculoskeletal disorders : report, workshop summary, and workshop papers / Steering Committee for the Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: the Research Base ; Committee on Human Factors, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Human Factors.

Conference Name:

Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: Examining the Research Base (1998 : National Academy of Sciences). Steering Committee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musculoskeletal system--Wounds and injuries--Congresses.

Musculoskeletal system.

Stress (Physiology)--Congresses.

Stress (Physiology).

Musculoskeletal system--Mechanical properties--Congresses.

Occupational diseases--Congresses.

Occupational diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 229 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Estimated costs associated with lost days and compensation claims related to musculoskeletal disorders-including back pains and repetitive motion injuries-range from $13 billion to $20 billion annually. This is a serious national problem that has spurred considerable debate about the causal links between such disorders and risk factors in the workplace. This book presents a preliminary assessment of what is known about the relationship between musculoskeletal disorders and what may cause them. It includes papers and a workshop summary of findings from orthopedic surgery, public health, occupational medicine, epidemiology, risk analysis, ergonomics, and human factors. Topics covered include the biological responses of tissues to stress, the biomechanics of work stressors, the epidemiology of physical work factors, and the contributions of individual, recreational, and social factors to such disorders. The book also considers the relative success of various workplace interventions for prevention and rehabilitation.

Contents:

""Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""II WORKSHOP SUMMARY ""; ""Introduction""; ""Organizing Framework""; ""Biological Responses of Tissues to Stressors""; ""PRESENTATIONS""; ""Soft Tissue Responses to Physical Stressors: Muscles, Tendons, and Ligaments""; ""Muscles""; ""Tendons and Ligaments""; ""Soft Tissue Responses to Physical Stressors: Nerves""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Work Factors, Individual Host Factors, and Internal Loads: Biomechanics of Work Stressors""; ""PRESENTATION""; ""Work Factors and Biomechanics""; ""DISCUSSION""

""Epidemiology: Physical Factors"" ""PANEL DISCUSSION""; ""WORKSHOP DISCUSSION""; ""Non-Biomechanical Factors That Can Affect Musculoskeletal Disorders""; ""PRESENTATION""; ""Epidemiological Evidence that Non-Biomechanical Factors Can Cause Musculoskeletal Disorders""; ""Individual Factors""; ""Organizational and Social Factors""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Intervention to Control Musculoskeletal Disorders""; ""PRESENTATION""; ""The Research on Interventions to Control Musculoskeletal Disorders""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Conclusion: Integration and Overview""; ""PANEL COMMENTS""; ""GENERAL DISCUSSION""

""REFERENCES"" ""Appendix A Invitees and Participants, Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: Examining ...""; ""PARTICIPANTS""; ""INVITEES WHO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND""; ""STAFF""; ""Appendix B""; ""III WORKSHOP PAPERS ""; ""Response of Muscle and Tendon to Injury and Overuse""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MUSCLE""; ""Contraction-induced Injury""; ""Single-event muscle strain injuries:""; ""Muscle Fatigue""; ""Muscle Pain""; ""Aging Effects in Muscle""; ""Effect of Exercise on Muscle""; ""Estimation of Muscle and Tendon Forces""; ""PASSIVE TENSILE STRUCTURES:""; ""Ligament""

""Ligament response to alterations in loading"" ""Ligamentous response to repetitive loading""; ""Age-Related Changes in Ligaments""; ""Tendon""; ""Cumulative Strain""; ""Animal models of tendon response to exercise""; ""Animal models for inducing tendinosis.""; ""Measurements of Carpal Tunnel Pressure""; ""Muscle-Tendon Unit""; ""BRIEF DISCUSSION THE SITE OF INJURY.""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""Tendon/ligament""; ""Muscle""; ""FUTURE DIRECTIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Biological Response of Peripheral Nerves to Loading: Pathophysiology of Nerve Compression Syndromes and Vibration Induced""

""INTRODUCTION""""STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PERIPHERAL NERVES""; ""Microanatomy""; ""Normal Gliding of Nerve Trunks""; ""PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT DATABASE SEARCH""; ""EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES FOR NERVE COMPRESSION IN ANIMALS""; ""NERVE COMPRESSION ACUTE EFFECTS (HOURS)""; ""NERVE COMPRESSION SHORT-TERM EFFECTS (DAYS)""; ""NERVE COMPRESSION LONG-TERM EFFECTS (WEEKS)""; ""HISTOLOGY OF HUMAN NERVE COMPRESSION""; ""VIBRATION AND NERVE SHORT-TERM EFFECTS (DAYS)""; ""HISTOLOGY OF HUMAN VIBRATION INDUCED NEUROPATHY""; ""EXTRANEURAL PRESSURE IN NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES""; ""EFFECTS OF JOINT POSTURE AND HAND LOADING ON EXTRANEURAL PRESSURE IN NORMAL SUBJECTS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610210350

9780309173247

0309173248

9781280210358

1280210354

9780309539203

030953920X

9780585055374

0585055378

OCLC:

923266488