Work-related musculoskeletal disorders : a review of the evidence / Steering Committee for the Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: [Examining] the Research Base ; Committee on Human Factors, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

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

National Academy Press (U.S.)

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

The compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musculoskeletal system--Wounds and injuries.

Musculoskeletal system.

Industrial accidents.

Disability evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 34 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In May 1998 the National Institutes of Health asked the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council to assemble a group of experts to examine the scientific literature relevant to work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the lower back, neck, and upper extremities. A steering committee was convened to design a workshop, to identify leading researchers on the topic to participate, and to prepare a report based on the workshop discussions and their own expertise. In addition, the steering committee was asked to address, to the extent possible, a set of seven questions posed by Congressman Robert Livingston on the topic of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The steering committee includes experts in orthopedic surgery, occupational medicine, epidemiology, ergonomics, human factors, statistics, and risk analysis. This document is based on the evidence presented and discussed at the two-day Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: Examining the Research Base, which was held on August 21 and 22, 1998, and on follow-up deliberations of the steering committee, reflecting its own expertise.

Contents:

Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Contents

1 Introduction

BACKGROUND

FRAMEWORK OF CONTRIBUTORS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

2 State of the Evidence

CRITERIA TO DETERMINE CAUSALITY

SOFT TISSUE RESPONSES TO PHYSICAL STRESSORS

WORK FACTORS AND BIOMECHANICS

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE THAT PHYSICAL FACTORS CAN CAUSE MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE THAT NON-BIOMECHANICAL FACTORS CAN CAUSE MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

INDIVIDUAL FACTORS

ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS

INTERVENTIONS

FUTURE RESEARCH

3 Seven Questions Posed by Congressman Robert Livingston

4 Conclusions

References

Appendix A Invitees and Participants, Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: Examining The Research Base

PARTICIPANTS

INVITEES WHO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND

STAFF

Appendix B Agenda, Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: Examining the Research Base

AGENDA

Thursday, August 20

Friday, August 21.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-27).

ISBN:

9786610186143

9780309173605

0309173604

9781280186141

1280186143

9780309592642

030959264X

9780585028699

0585028699

OCLC:

42854361

Publisher Number:

9780309063272 90000