Collaborating with cardiac sonographers to develop work-related musculoskeletal disorder interventions

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• Personal Author:
  Dickerson JA ; Evans K ; Joines S ; Lamar S ; Lavender SA ; Li J ; Nagavarapu S ; Sanders E ; Sommerich CM ; Umar RZR ; Yen W-T
• Description:
  For more than two decades, surveys of imaging technologists, including cardiac sonographers, diagnostic medical sonographers, and vascular technologists, have consistently reported high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal discomfort (WRMSD). Yet, intervention research involving sonographers is limited. In this study, we used a participatory approach to identifying needs and opportunities for developing interventions to reduce sonographers' exposures to WMSD risk factors. In this paper, we present some of those needs. We include descriptions of two interventions, targeted for cardiac sonographers, that were developed, through an iterative process, into functional prototypes that were evaluated in pilot tests by practicing sonographers. One of these interventions is now in daily use. We would like other engineers and ergonomists to recognize this area of opportunity to apply their knowledge of biomechanics and design in order to begin to address the high prevalence of WRMSDs in sonographers, by working with sonographers to develop useful and usable interventions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Diagnosis Engineering Ergonomics Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Sonography Biomechanics Cardiovascular Function Tests Diagnostic Tests Engineering-controls Engineering Controls Equipment Design Equipment Testing Exposure-levels Imaging Techniques Intervention Medical-personnel Medical Equipment Medical Personnel Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Musculoskeletal Injury Risk-factors Technical-personnel Ultrasound

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• ISSN:
  0014-0139
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  59
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20047100
• Citation:
  Ergonomics 2016 Sep; 59(9):1193-1204
• Contact Point Address:
  Carolyn M. Sommerich, PhD, The Ohio State University Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, 1971 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
• Email:
  sommerich.1@osu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Ohio State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080901
• Source Full Name:
  Ergonomics
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d7ab27d274442d34081d021cbc17a4a2fb391036910faf139922b3136eafbeeb9e0c0bbc64340fd24eda86a73a453251620953406da9ed80ca5e54f68c1be0d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/202296/cdc_202296_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.53 MB ]