Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Musculoskeletal disorders in hospital nurses : a comparison between two hospitals

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Musculoskeletal disorders in hospital nurses : a comparison between two hospitals / F. Larese and A. Fiorito

Sumario: Nursing staff members of a urban general hospital and a small oncological department were surveyed to determine the prevalence of occupational related musculoskeletal disorders, the specific disabilities, accidents at work, and working time lost. All subjects had a medical examination to evaluate osteoarthicular disease and selected cases were invited to X-ray examinations. The purpose of this study was to compare the musculoskeletal disorders in the two groups of nurses working in two hospitals with different work organization in the same geographical area, Pordenone in Italy

En: Ergonomics. - London and Washington. - Vol. 37, nº 7, July 1994 ; p. 1205-1211

1. Ergonomía . 2. Personal sanitario . 3. Enfermeras . 4. Enfermedades profesionales . 5. Lesiones musculares . 6. Accidentes de trabajo . 7. Jornada laboral . I. Fiorito, Antonio . II. Título. III. Título: Ergonomics.