Collaborating with Radiographers to Address Their Work-Related Musculoskeletal Discomfort

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• Personal Author:
  Evans KD ; Joines S ; Lamar S ; Lavender SA ; Park S ; Sanders EB-N ; Sommerich CM ; Umar RZR ; Yen W-T
• Description:
  The prevalence of musculoskeletal (MSK) symptoms in radiographers is high, similar to other healthcare occupations that involve high levels of physical exertion (e.g. patient handling; grasping and moving equipment). Reports of interventions to reduce MSK discomfort in radiographers are limited. A participatory approach was used to investigate daily challenges, needs, and opportunities for developing interventions to address exposures to many of the risk factors that contribute to MSK symptoms in radiographers. In this paper, we present the expressed needs of experienced radiographers (including assistance with patient handling, security, supportive design of equipment and work spaces), along with their evaluations of several intervention concepts intended to address some of those needs. We also report results from tests of three prototype interventions stemming from this participatory process that demonstrate the potential for new engineering control concepts to reduce the physical effort associated with some of the most common tasks radiographers perform. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Radiation Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Musculoskeletal Injury Engineering Controls Healthcare Health Care Workers Intervention Intervention Design MSD Musculoskeletal Disorders Patient Handling Radiology Work Environment

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• ISSN:
  0003-6870
• 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:
  85
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061649
• Citation:
  Appl Ergon 2020 May; 85:103069
• Contact Point Address:
  Carolyn M. Sommerich, The Ohio State University, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, 1971 Neil Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
• Email:
  sommerich.1@osu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Ohio State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080901
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Ergonomics
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6768d485bbf350fbe2242d506324378104f42a83aff7a846d71a2f0c7e444324c05f7f98c46d38d2455bfa7dc849140e8325d17d634bac8ff6afc8ff330c251f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225112/cdc_225112_DS1.pdf
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