Reducing back stress through an ergonomic approach: weighing a patient

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• Personal Author:
  Garg, Arun ; Owen BD
• Description:
  Back problems are prevalent in nursing personnel. Nursing assistants in a nursing home stated weighing dependent patients was a very stressful task; they manually lifted patients up onto a chair scale. The task was redesigned in two ways: the use of a ramp scale and use of a hoist with a digital scale. With the new methods, perceived physical stress to shoulder, back and body was reduced, compressive force to L5S1 and shear force were reduced (wheelchair scale method), and "patient" feelings of comfort and security were increased. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Body Weight Ergonomics Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Biomechanics Body-weight Force Health-care-personnel Human-factors-engineering Manual-lifting Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Nurses Physical-stress Posture Weight-factors

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• ISSN:
  0020-7489
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  31
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037717
• Citation:
  Int J Nurs Stud 1994 Dec; 31(6):511-519
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Nursing Studies
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c0a1aaf864dcc0ce2d231b99cd541b7be10b16d6e8d0e9c1c075a0ea0e86e3bcd5180b770c6bc8255d0ea80d2419650dc5898f46c17a8f0495a6db712ec9bf2a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191707/cdc_191707_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 577.10 KB ]