Cervical load due to operating with surgical loupes

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• Personal Author:
  Li J ; Nimbarte A ; Sivak-Callcott J ; Sun Y
• Description:
  Work-related neck pain is an occupational hazard in surgeons who require surgical loupes and headlights to operate. The pathomechanism of cervical pain associated with performing surgery has never been studied. In this study, postures and movements involved while performing surgery on patients in the operating room was recorded using a 3-D kinematic data collection system. Subsequently, a musculoskeletal model of the cervical spine was developed. Based on the posture data collected during the surgeries, inverse dynamics analysis was performed to calculate the loading of the cervical spine. Two particularly awkward postures were frequently used by the surgeons for prolonged duration during the surgeries. The average compressive load on the cervical spine was 75 percent and 180 percent more than neutral posture during the awkward postures 1 and 2, respectively. The results of this investigation clearly indicate that the working postures adopted by the surgeon cause substantial loading of the cervical spine. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Exposure Levels Hazards Medical Equipment MSD Muscles Musculoskeletal Disorders Musculoskeletal System Disorders Neck Injuries Posture Risk Factors Surgeons Surgery Task Performance

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• Publisher:
  GOErgo, the Global Organization of Ergonomics, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  32
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049311
• Citation:
  The 14th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference 2011: Practitioners talking to practitioners, March 21-24, 2011, Orlando, Florida. Norcross, Georgia; GOErgo, the Global Organization of Ergonomics, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, 2011 Mar; :32
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  West Virginia University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  The 14th Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference 2011: Practitioners talking to practitioners, March 21-24, 2011, Orlando, Florida
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3150c525cf1999bb9b64e525caaced95ea51bbbcba4b68891f32b5dca05830ea4aabafa00638abab14193ccf0383b6c3dc078ab2fadaa7e95e3e93a5e3f3e9d1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203784/cdc_203784_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.66 MB ]