Corrigendum: Collaborating with Sonographers and Vascular Technologists to Develop Ergonomics Interventions to Address Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  For more than two decades, surveys of imaging technologists have consistently reported high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal discomfort (WRMSD). Yet, workplace intervention research involving sonographers is limited. In this study, a transdisciplinary team of researchers used a participatory approach to work with diagnostic medical sonographers (DMS) and vascular technologists (VT) to identify needs and opportunities for developing new approaches to work that will reduce sonographers' exposures to WRMSD risk factors. In this paper, we describe the approach and the resulting identified needs. We also describe the prototyping and testing of two work approaches that target specific needs of DMS and VT, respectively. We would like designers, manufacturers, engineers, and ergonomists, in collaboration with sonographers and their managers, to recognize this area of opportunity and come together to apply their knowledge of biomechanics and design in developing useful and usable workplace interventions (solutions) to reduce sonographers' WRMSD risk factor exposure. Corrigendum https://doi.org/10.1177/8756479319830379: On p. 29, the article states that an existing concept for "Arm Support for Sonographer" is the S-ergo shoulder assist and that it is not adjustable. Actually, this device has an articulated arm that moves freely, and the pole to which the arm is attached is height adjustable. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomechanical Phenomena Engineering Ergonomics Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Sonography; Engineering Controls; Musculoskeletal Injury; Ultrasound; Co-design Health Care Workers; Ultrasound; Musculoskeletal Disorders; MSD; Ergonomics; Biomechanics; Engineering Controls;
• ISSN:
  1552-5430
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  35
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068679
• Citation:
  J Diagn Med Sonogr 2019 Jan/Feb; 35(1):23-37
• Contact Point Address:
  Carolyn M. Sommerich, PhD, CPE, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1971 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, USA
• Email:
  sommerich.1@osu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Ohio State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20080901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7753c1362546b07f6aae276da953864e7f4951df819e466c598a664886eb11366d437b5b74e75cdc5f945617fbff3e18778c066ab4e1eb98b1353ccf69c97a62
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/231542/cdc_231542_DS1.pdf
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