Upper Extremity Pain and Computer Use Among Engineering Graduate Students

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• Personal Author:
  Dietrich P ; Llosa AE ; Mamary E ; Morrow S ; Rempel DM ; Schlossberg EB
• Description:
  Background The objective of this study was to investigate risk factors associated with persistent or recurrent upper extremity and neck pain among engineering graduate students. Methods A random sample of 206 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) graduate students at a large public university completed an online questionnaire. Results Approximately 60% of respondents reported upper extremity or neck pain attributed to computer use and reported a mean pain severity score of 4.5 (plus or minus 2.2; scale 0-10). In a final logistic regression model, female gender, years of computer use, and hours of computer use per week were significantly associated with pain. Conclusions The high prevalence of upper extremity pain reported by graduate students suggests a public health need to identify interventions that will reduce symptom severity and prevent impairment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Computers Engineering Environmental Monitoring Ergonomics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Musculoskeletal Biological-effects Computer Computer-equipment Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Graduate Students Hand-injuries Hand-tools Injury-prevention Mathematical-models Medical-monitoring Medical-surveys Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Pain Physiological-effects Physiological-measurements Physiological-response Questionnaires Repetitive-work Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Work-areas Work-environment Work-practices

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  297-303
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037225
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2004 Mar; 46(3):297-303
• Contact Point Address:
  David Rempel, MD, MPH, University of California, Ergonomics Program, 1301S. 46th Street, Building163, Richmond, CA 94804
• Email:
  drempel@itsa.ucsf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:224e0524c9a9a93a6d40707551eb997b69adb484efab16f1d1b0da4d1c7e5007a88572a4b3c3d8c2bd92097072c4f278dfdd7b8570cd98dcffb38c7a0cba5e95
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188354/cdc_188354_DS1.pdf
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