Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - The Scientific basis for making guidelines and standars to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders

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The Scientific basis for making guidelines and standars to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders / Eira R.A. Viikari-Juntura

Conference presented at the 13th International Ergonomics Association Triennial Congress, IEA'97. This was held in Tampere, Finland, June 29-July 4, 1997. The Congress was hosted by the Nordic Ergonomics Society and the Finnish Ergonomics Society

To determine the role of experimental studies in regulation, it should be know to what extent fatigue and other short-term responsed are precursors of disorders. Regulation should be directed especially towards factors that are likely to be causative for musculoskeletal disorders. Examples of such factors are sudden overload in manual handling activities, heavy physical work involving manual handling tasks, and vibration from tools. Guidelines that are acceptable and feasible can and should be developed. The effects of such guidelines on the occurrence of musculoskeletal disorders should be investigated

En: Ergonomics. - London [etc.]. - Vol. 40, nº 10, October 1997 ; p. 1097-1117

1. Ergonomía . 2. Carga de materiales . 3. Manipulación . 4. Vibraciones . 5. Lesiones musculares . 6. Columna vertebral . 7. Prevención de accidentes . 8. Reglamentación . 9. Unión Europea . 10. Estados Unidos . 11. Conferencias . I. International Ergonomics Association Triennial Congress (13th: 1997: Tampere, Finland) . II. Title.