Manual Handling Workload and Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Nursing Personnel
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...Forty six studies, including the author's doctoral research (Menzel, 2001), were chosen for further review....
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...Moving or handling a patient is the major cause of injury (Gagnon, Chehade, Kemp, & Lortie, 1987; Harber et al., 1985; Jensen, 1985; Knibbe & Friele, 1996; Owen, 1989; Stobbe Plummer, Jensen, & Attfield, 1988; Stubbs, Buckle, Hudson, Rivers, & Worringham, 1981; Venning, Walter, & Stitt, 1987)....
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...Studies have found that the lifetime prevalence of back pain among hospital and nursing home direct care staff ranges from 43% to 80% (Cato, Olson & Studer, 1989; French, 1997; Harber et al., 1985; Leighton & Reilly, 1995)....
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...…work related back pain in health care (Bell, Dalgity, Fennell, & Aitken, 1979; Cato et al., 1989; Cust, Pearson, & Mair, 1972; Dehlin, et al., 1976; Harber et al., 1985; Ferguson, 1970; Greenwood, 1986; Jensen, 1985, 1987; Knibbe & Friele, 1996; Leighton & Reilly, 1995; Love, 1997; Owen 1985,…...
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...Moving or handling a patient is the major cause of injury (Gagnon, Chehade, Kemp, & Lortie, 1987; Harber et al., 1985; Jensen, 1985; Knibbe & Friele, 1996; Owen, 1989; Stobbe Plummer, Jensen, & Attfield, 1988; Stubbs, Buckle, Hudson, Rivers, & Worringham, 1981; Venning, Walter, & Stitt, 1987)....
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...…Cato et al., 1989; Cust, Pearson, & Mair, 1972; Dehlin, et al., 1976; Harber et al., 1985; Ferguson, 1970; Greenwood, 1986; Jensen, 1985, 1987; Knibbe & Friele, 1996; Leighton & Reilly, 1995; Love, 1997; Owen 1985, 1989; Smedley, et al., 1997; Stobbe et al., 1988; Stubbs, Rivers, Hudson, &…...
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...Knibbe and Friele (1996) studied back pain prevalence and the physical working conditions of community nurses....
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...These 7 – 30 day prevalence rates are high compared to the point prevalence of 24% found by Leighton and Reilly (1995) in British nurses but similar to the one year prevalence of 67% found by Knibbe and Friele (1996) in home health nurses....
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...In a study of home health nurses, Knibbe and Friele (1996) found a lifetime prevalence for back pain of 87%, while 67% of nursing staff reported back pain in the previous 12 months....
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