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Musculoskeletal disorders in health-related occupations / edited by Thomas Reilly.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Biomedical and health research ; v. 49.
- Biomedical and health research ; 49
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical personnel--Diseases.
- Medical personnel.
- Medical personnel--Health and hygiene.
- Musculoskeletal system--Diseases.
- Musculoskeletal system.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Washington, D.C. : IOS Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work focuses on the study of occupational musculoskeletal diseases, which was the subject of a European collaborative research project under the Biomed IV programme. The authors provide a comprehensive background for the approaches towards studying musculoskeletal problems.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Preface; Acknowledgements; The participating institutions; Contents; 1. Introduction to Musculoskeletal Diseases: The Biomed IV Project; 2. The Identification and Measurement of Risk; 3. Measurement of Spinal Loading: Shrinkage; 4. Epidemiology: Musculoskeletal Problems in Belgian Nurses; 5. Epidemiology of Musculoskeletal Disorders in a Sample of British Nurses and Physiotherapists; 6. Electromyography in Occupational Activities
- 7. The Implementation of Additional Software for 3-D Analysis of Coupled Motion in the Cervical Spine by Means of an Electromagnetic Tracking Device8. A Method for Job Evaluation using a Modified Delphi-Survey; 9. Physiological Assessments of Occupational Activities; 10. Spinal Shrinkage during Simulated Nursing and Porters' Tasks; 11. The Effects of the Nurse's Job on the Diurnal Variation of the Segments of the Spine - An Anthropometric Approach; 12. Body Composition: Part I. Physical and Structural Distribution of the Human Skin
- 13. Body Composition: Part II. ""Whole-Body Adiposity"" Prediction: Males versus Females14. Body Composition: Part III. In vivo Application of a Selection of Formulae for Predicting Whole-Body Adipose Tissue in Male and Female Nurses; 15. Musculoskeletal Disorders in Health-Related Occupations: Project Overview and Outcomes; Subject Index; Appendix: Publications and Communications from the Biomed IV Research Project; Author Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-50537-0
- 9786610505371
- 1-4175-1151-6
- 600-00-0495-8
- 1-60129-446-8
- OCLC:
- 228125207
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