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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Back Injury"”.
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Does an individualized back education programme change nurses' knowledge and practice about back injury prevention
Back injury has predominantly been a problem which has affected a large cross-section of nursing staff involved with direct patient care. While back injury prevention has been instituted in hospitals for sometime, the percentage of nurses with back injury remains high. Within a major teaching …
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Corning Corporation back injury prevention project: the effects of an exercise program on self-reported back discomfort
A back injury prevention program was developed, implemented and evaluated for employees at Corning Corporation. Subjects included 38 manufacturing employees; 21 in the intervention group and 17 in the control group. The subjects included slightly more males (62%) than females (37%), significantly …
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Balancing efficiencies and tradeoffs in epidemiological field studies : evaluating EMG exposure assessment for low back injury risk factors in heavy industry
… of and evaluate interventions for work-related back injuries, researchers need efficient, accurate occupational exposure assessment methods suitable for large samples. The chapters in this thesis examine critical decisions using electromyography (EMG): How should exposure be measured? For what …
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Trunk Biomechanical Responses during Sudden Loading
Back injury caused by sudden loading is a significant risk among workers who perform manual material handling tasks (MMH). Therefore, it is critical to understand the effects of influential factors on back injury risks during sudden loading, and to develop load handling strategies that can reduce …
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Biodynamic Analysis of Human Torso Stability using Finite Time Lyapunov Exponents
Low back pain is a common medical problem around the world afflicting 80% of the population some time in their life. Low back injury can result from a loss of torso stability causing excessive strain in soft tissue. This investigation seeks to apply existing methods to new applications and to …
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A study of schoolgirl's perceptions of injury associated with rowing
… to determine the incidence and reported type of injury in senior level schoolgirl rowers over the 2004-2005 rowing season. Data was gathered via survey and it was found that 18% of rowers sustained injuries (n=34), of this group 18 were sweep rowers and 16 were scull rowers. There was a …
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An investigation of team lifting using psychophysical methods
Lifting is one of the major causes of back injury in the workplace. Often, workers are told to ask for the help of another worker when the load is too great to be lifted alone, yet the effects of these team lifts have not been researched until recently. This experiment investigated some of the …
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An investigation into the spinal kinematics and lower limb impacts during cricket fast bowling and their association with lower back pain.
… been highlighted as having increased risk of injury when compared to the rest of the team. Lower back injury and more specifically, pain results in more time away from cricket than any other injury in the fast bowling population, with juniors displaying even greater risk compared with senior …
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Educating Nurses on the Use of Bedside Mobility Assessment Tool (BMAT) through E-learning/Online Education Module
<p><strong><em>Background</em></strong><em> </em>Hospital setting is reviewed the most hazardous workplace comparing to other industries. Nursing assistants and orderlies have the high risk of work-related injury. The study found that the top reason that causes the injuries was due to over-exertion …
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Estimating Lumbar Spinal Loads During a Golf Swing Using an EMG -Assisted Optimization Model Approach
… load increased steadily after the end of backswing (EB) and reached its maximum of 605% body weight during the acceleration phase, and the mean peak compressive load of 4,300 N was recorded near the instant of the ball/driver impact; (b) the mean antero-posterior (A/P) shear load increased …
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Effects of Seated Whole-Body Vibration on Spinal Stability Control
Low back disorders and their prevention is of great importance for companies and their employees. Whole-body vibration is a risk factor for low back disorders, but the neuromuscular, biomechanical, and/or physiological mechanisms responsible for this increased risk are unclear. These studies …
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Biomechanical characteristics of low back tissues during trunk flexion-extension
… provide insight into the causes of low back injury and pain. Three methods were used to analyze the behavior of the lumbar tissues during trunk flexion-extension exercises: 1) active continuous cyclic movement, 2) acute cyclic movement at different orientations, and 3) passive continuous …
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The effect of a commercially available abdominal support belt on torso posture, lift strength, and spinal compression
… to reduce the occurrence and recurrence of back pain and to prevent low-back injury. One program involves the wearing of abdominal support belts when manual materials handling activities are performed. However, poor postures and restricted ranges-of-motion may result due to belt usage. …
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A Subject Specific Surface Electromyography Model For Estimating L4/L5 Compressive Loading
Introduction: Low Back Pain (LBP) is a leading cause of activity limitation worldwide and results in 149 million lost work days annually in the United States. The total costs of LBP are estimated to be $100 to $200 billion annually. Specific causes of LBP account for less than 15% of LBP cases. …
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Smart Spine Tape: Active Wearable Posture Monitoring for Prevention of Low Back Pain and Injury
<p>Back pain and injury are a global health issue and are a leading cause of work and activity absence. Prevention would not only save those affected from the burden of pain and discomfort, but would also save people from loss of over 290 million workdays annually and save the healthcare system …