Field, biomechanical, and psychophysical evaluation of manual and mechanical patient/resident handling methods in nursing homes.

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• Personal Author:
  Stobbe TJ
• Description:
  Low back pain in nursing personnel is a common and well documented event that is associated with a variety of their work activities. One of the more commonly implicated activities is patient/resident handling. In brief, the problem is that the loads they handle (people) are heavy, they move unpredictably, and the nursing personnel cannot drop the load if it gets out of control. This leads to both overexertion and sudden movement induced back injuries. One recommended control measure for this problem is the use of a mechanical handling device to lift and move the people. This study, which was conducted in a laboratory, investigated the biomechanical loading associated with the traditional manual and mechanical device methods of patient/resident handling. The study also investigated the psychophysical responses of the nursing personnel to the different handling methods.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Environmental Monitoring Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Particulate Matter Preceptorship Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Biomechanics Manual-lifting Nursing Psychological-responses
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Purchase Order
• Genre:
  Purchase Order Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-151
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000638
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1999 Jan; :1-151
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• NORA Priority Area:
  Low Back Disorders ; Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aa0233be583410557bb5c101d4fb97e7d4719567b7af9717031a3d4560f8e5bd2307d45ac341e509cdc5aa9bfd73af670687ee6bd324aedb9447e5bcc5ca4fca
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181033/cdc_181033_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.31 MB ]