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work-related injury (workers' compensation)
Risk factors: [1]
1) extreme bending
2) twisting of neck or back
3) mostly standing or squatting at work
4) lifting or carrying loads
5) pushing or pulling loads
6) poor psychosocial factors in workplace (women)
a) role conflicts
b) high emotional demands
Management:
- minimized risk factors
Related
arm injury
back injury
cauda equina syndrome
elbow injury
entrapment neuropathy; nerve entrapment syndrome; pinched nerve
hand injury
inguinal hernia
neck injury
pelvic injury
shoulder injury
thoracic outlet syndrome
traumatic leg injury
wrist injury
General
trauma
References
- Veterans Administration
- Lund T et al,
Physical work environment risk factors for long term sickness
absence: Prospective findings among a cohort of 5357 employees
in Denmark
BMJ 2006; 332:449
PMID: 16446280