Cumulative Trauma Disorders: An Emerging Occupational Health Problem

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson, Vernon P.
• Description:
  In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in reports of work related musculoskeletal disorders associated with ergonomic or chronic trauma hazards in the workplace. Since these musculoskeletal conditions have only recently gained public attention, no uniform label or term for them has been adopted. Descriptive labels that have been used include wear and tear disorders, overuse injuries, Osteoarthroses, and degenerative joint diseases. More recently the terms "repetition motion injury," repetitive strain injury," and "myofascial or regional pain syndrome" have been used as nonmedical labels for worker symptoms of physical discomfort and the accompanying limitation of activity. In the United States, the label of "cumulative trauma disorder" (CTD) is most frequently applied to work-related conditions that affect structures of the musculoskeletal system. Labels using the term "injury" should be avoided because the majority of musculoskeletal conditions included in this category are not injuries, as normally defined. Employers, moreover, are required to record these conditions as illnesses in their annual Log and Summary of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (OSHA Form No. 200). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chronic Disease Ergonomics Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Chronic-exposure Chronic-inflammation Muscle-function Muscular-disorders Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Work-performance Worker-health Workers Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  138-141
• Volume:
  5
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025261
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 1990 Mar; 5(3):138-141
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1990
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196714/cdc_196714_DS1.pdf
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