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Standardised Nordic questionnaires for the analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms.
I. Kuorinka,B. Jonsson,A. Kilbom,H Vinterberg,Fin Biering-Sørensen,G. Andersson,Kurt Jørgensen +6 more
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Standardised questionnaires for the analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms in an ergonomic or occupational health context are presented and specific characteristics of work strain are reflected in the frequency of responses to the questionnaires.About:
This article is published in Applied Ergonomics.The article was published on 1987-09-01. It has received 4470 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders & Musculoskeletal disorder.read more
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Evaluating the effectiveness of organisational-level strategies with or without an activity tracker to reduce office workers’ sitting time: a cluster-randomised trial
Charlotte L. Brakenridge,Brianna S. Fjeldsoe,Duncan C. Young,Elisabeth A. H. Winkler,David W. Dunstan,Leon Straker,Genevieve N. Healy,Genevieve N. Healy,Genevieve N. Healy +8 more
TL;DR: Organisational-support strategies with or without an activity tracker resulted in improvements in sitting, prolonged sitting and standing; adding a tracker enhanced stepping changes.
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Prevalence of Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders in Dentists: Symptoms and Risk Factors
TL;DR: The present findings showed that unsuitable posture of dentists during work has a considerable effect on musculoskeletal disorders, and further investigation is required to avoid the detrimental effects of wrong posture.
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Interindividual variation of physical load in a work task.
TL;DR: The interindividual variation is small for wrist movements when the same work tasks are performed, but the electromyographic variation is large, even though less after RVE normalization, which reduces the influence of strength, than when MVE is used.
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Relationships between prolonged neck/shoulder pain and sitting spinal posture in male and female adolescents
TL;DR: Adolescents with prolonged NSP had more flexed cervicothoracic posture, more erect trunk and more lumbar lordosis, and when gender was controlled, only lumbr lordosis was related to the presence of prolonged N SP.
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Total Worker Health Intervention Increases Activity of Sedentary Workers
TL;DR: The HP/HP group increased occupational physical activity and greater activity permissive workstation adherence was associated with improved health and work productivity outcomes, important for employers interested in advancing the well-being of sedentary office workers.
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