Assessment of Alternative Methods for Informal Caregivers to Perform Patient Repositioning Tasks

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• Personal Author:
  Lavender SA ; Pay NA ; Sommerich CM
• Description:
  Manual patient handling tasks put formal and informal caregivers at risk of musculoskeletal injury. Intervention research to reduce risks to informal caregivers is limited. This study examined effects of slide sheet use when individual informal caregivers performed patient boosting and turning tasks. Three methods of slide sheet use and a baseline method (no slide sheet) were compared, to reposition a 70 kg individual. Muscle activity, ground reaction force, posture, and rating of perceived exertion were significantly affected by task method. Erector Spinae activity was reduced in boosting and turning away tasks with the slide sheet. Shoulder elevation, torso angle, and normalized vertical ground reaction force were also reduced with the slide sheet during boosting. The turn towards task was generally not improved with the slide sheet. Overall, using a slide sheet provided biomechanical benefits to individual caregivers performing two common patient handling tasks: boosting and turning patient away from caregiver. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Ergonomics Home Care Services Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Musculoskeletal Injury Biomechanics Home Health Care Informal Caregiver Lumbar Spine MSD Musculoskeletal Disorders Patient Handling Posture
• ISSN:
  0003-6870
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  93
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064642
• Citation:
  Appl Ergon 2021 May; 93:103360
• Contact Point Address:
  Carolyn M. Sommerich, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1971 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
• Email:
  sommerich.1@osu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  Ohio State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20060701
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Ergonomics
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8024b2497374d56d1dfe3154746202873a4612a6fce99ea8fc359258eadc39e02c22799f43550a26c1c1637539c8dba9ae79b2bb5b38f7c19aa69f1661b67d39
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223069/cdc_223069_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.53 MB ]