Skin effects of occupational kneeling.

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• Personal Author:
  Halperin, William E. ; Hess EV ; Lee, Shio T. ; Luggen ME ; Smith AB ; Tanaka, Shiro
• Description:
  A cross sectional survey was conducted in order to evaluate chronic knee trauma associated with occupational kneeling. A total of 432 floor layers and tile setters responded to the survey questionnaire. Of these respondents, 34 individuals having a history of athletic knee injury, and 16 persons who had moved were excluded from further consideration. The remaining 381 respondents were asked to participate in physical and X-ray examinations, with 108 individuals complying. Bricklayers and millers served as comparisons; 112 floor layers and 50 tile setters, together with 235 comparisons provided the data analyzed. A history of past skin infections in the region of the knees was found to be approximately 4 times more prevalent among floor layers than among comparisons. Unilateral or bilateral patellar skin thickening and erythema were seen to be more prevalent among persons with occupations that required kneeling than among comparisons. The authors recommend that good quality knee pads which provide high degrees of protection, durability, comfort, and ease of wear, while retaining the additional advantages of low weight and low cost, be developed for use by affected individuals. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Skin
• Keywords:
  Analytical-instruments Analytical-methods Author Keywords: Floorlayers Carpetlayers Dermatology Diseases Erythema Industrial-dermatoses Kneeling Workers NIOSH-Author Occupational Knee Infection Physiological-measurements Quantitative-analysis Sensitivity-testing Skin-sensitivity Thickening Of The Skin Workers

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  341-349
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00139011
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 1985 Oct; 8(4-5):341-349
• Contact Point Address:
  Shiro Tanaka, MD, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:db4bf3a00b17426f395476f18d38f92e4233fd01c1abac576a510a26ad06521eaaa8e6faf1c427059f84dceabaee7a6013f255a66128085396be30b5fd63e9a6
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184734/cdc_184734_DS1.pdf
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