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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"cumulative trauma disorders"”.
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Cumulative trauma disorders and interpreters for the deaf in Texas
… to develop an instrument to assess knowledge of Cumulative Trauma disorders (CTDs) and behaviors to prevent CTDs in interpreters for the deaf (the CTDQ). A second reason for completing this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge and preventive behaviors regarding CTDs in …
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An evaluation of a supermarket bagging task using a wrist motion monitor
Cumulative trauma disorders have become common among workers in industry. Grocery stores are an industry with one of the highest number of repeated trauma illnesses. Checkout departments have a rate of musculoskeletal injuries two to three times higher than other supermarket departments. The …
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Carpal tunnel syndrome: influencing factors affecting post surgical recovery rates for functional hand recovery
… Tunnel Syndrome is one of the most prevalent cumulative trauma disorders among assembly line workers and computer operators employed in highly repetitive jobs. The treatment options available have included the following: conservative course of therapy, job changes, steroid injections, …
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Wrist posture during computer mouse usage: the effects of wrist support and surface height
… mouse has been linked with the development of cumulative trauma disorders. This investigation concerns the effects that mouse surface height and wrist support have on wrist posture. Distance between targets and target width were varied to determine performance time and performance accuracy …
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Job accommodation in the automobile industry : addressing the problem of lateral epicondylitis
<p> Cumulative trauma disorders are musculoskeletal problems such as carpal tunnel syndrome, rotator cuff tendinitis, and epicondylitis which can affect assembly line workers. The injuries are thought to result from repetitive motions performed under excessive loads in anomalous postures. The …
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Kinematics of the wrist during a keying task: the effects of workstation design and work pace
… into the workplace, workers began to experience disorders of the tendons and nerves of the upper extremities, referred to as cumulative trauma disorders, due to the repeated exertions and excessive movements. One of the major research voids in the study of occupational injuries to the wrist is …
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The Effects of Instrument Handle Design on Forearm Muscle Activity During Scaling by Dental Hygienists
… results on arm muscle load related to risk of cumulative trauma disorders in a real-world setting.</p>
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Kinematics of the fingers during typing
… exerting high forces which are risk factors of cumulative trauma disorders. In this experiment, the kinematics of the fingers while typing were investigated for 12 right-handed subjects (6 male and 6 female) to gain a better understanding of factors which influence how a finger strikes a key. …
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Biomechanical analysis of carpal flexion and extension
… wrist postures and be employed to reduce cumulative trauma disorders of the wrist. Sixty right-hand dominant subjects (30 male, 30 female) between 20 and 30 years of age all reporting no prior wrist injury and good to excellent overall physical condition, were employed in this study. The …
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Maintenance improvement in the petrochemical industry
… injury in the United States. Back injuries and cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) such as carpal tunnel syndrome, tendinitis, bursitis and epicondylitis form the majority of non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses, costing employers more than 12 billion dollars per year in lost work time, …