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Author: N.A.S. Kendall Publisher: Stationery Office ISBN: 9780117037892 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 32
Book Description
Most people experience musculoskeletal problems some time during their lifetime. Some people fail to recover and return to work, not so much because of what has happened but because they come up against obstacles. Knowing how to facilitate recovery and when to act is essential for successful management of the problem. This book is about identifying psychosocial obstacles, formulating a plan and taking action to overcome or navigate around them. It enables identification of obstacles across the key areas of the Person, the Workplace and the Context, in order to develop a plan that addresses specific obstacles and also provides a timeline for recovery.
Author: N.A.S. Kendall Publisher: Stationery Office ISBN: 9780117037892 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 32
Book Description
Most people experience musculoskeletal problems some time during their lifetime. Some people fail to recover and return to work, not so much because of what has happened but because they come up against obstacles. Knowing how to facilitate recovery and when to act is essential for successful management of the problem. This book is about identifying psychosocial obstacles, formulating a plan and taking action to overcome or navigate around them. It enables identification of obstacles across the key areas of the Person, the Workplace and the Context, in order to develop a plan that addresses specific obstacles and also provides a timeline for recovery.
Author: Dr. Pinky Dutta Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers ISBN: Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 304
Book Description
The publication "Understanding Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMSD)" by Dr. Pinky Dutta provides an in-depth analysis of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) caused by work-related activities. With over 13 years of expertise, Dr. Dutta introduces MSDs, detailing their impact on muscles, bones, tendons, and ligaments, and emphasizes their effects on daily functioning and occupational productivity. She highlights that repetitive workplace pressure accounts for around 50% of non-fatal work-related injuries. The book covers prevalent MSDs like carpal tunnel syndrome and thoracic outlet syndrome, especially in occupations involving extensive computer use and physical labor. Dr. Dutta also explores inflammation's role in MSD development, proposing a revised categorization system based on tissue changes and pathophysiology. This comprehensive resource reflects Dr. Dutta's dedication to sharing knowledge gained through extensive research, clinical experience, and active participation in the field.
Author: Institute of Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309132991 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 510
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Every year workers' low-back, hand, and arm problems lead to time away from jobs and reduce the nation's economic productivity. The connection of these problems to workplace activities-from carrying boxes to lifting patients to pounding computer keyboards-is the subject of major disagreements among workers, employers, advocacy groups, and researchers. Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace examines the scientific basis for connecting musculoskeletal disorders with the workplace, considering people, job tasks, and work environments. A multidisciplinary panel draws conclusions about the likelihood of causal links and the effectiveness of various intervention strategies. The panel also offers recommendations for what actions can be considered on the basis of current information and for closing information gaps. This book presents the latest information on the prevalence, incidence, and costs of musculoskeletal disorders and identifies factors that influence injury reporting. It reviews the broad scope of evidence: epidemiological studies of physical and psychosocial variables, basic biology, biomechanics, and physical and behavioral responses to stress. Given the magnitude of the problem-approximately 1 million people miss some work each year-and the current trends in workplace practices, this volume will be a must for advocates for workplace health, policy makers, employers, employees, medical professionals, engineers, lawyers, and labor officials.
Author: James Chambers Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc ISBN: 0780820290 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 445
Book Description
Provides consumer health information about structure and function of the musculoskeletal system; importance of healthy bones, muscles, and joints; common musculoskeletal disorders and conditions; and cancers of the musculoskeletal system, along with information about workplace musculoskeletal disorders and rehabilitation strategies. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.
Author: Richard Ennals Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 9781852333836 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 252
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New technologies and the growing flow of information create new conditions for individuals who use these technologies in the work place. The existence and application of modern IT systems can result in new forms of work, tasks that have actually emerged as a result of modern computer and other systems. This third Work Life 2000 Yearbook is pan-European in nature, and provides the researcher with valuable source material relating to the EU's response to the changing working environment.
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309459575 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 483
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Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges: reducing the burden of suffering from pain and containing the rising toll of the harms that can arise from the use of opioid medications. Chronic pain and opioid use disorder both represent complex human conditions affecting millions of Americans and causing untold disability and loss of function. In the context of the growing opioid problem, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an Opioids Action Plan in early 2016. As part of this plan, the FDA asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to update the state of the science on pain research, care, and education and to identify actions the FDA and others can take to respond to the opioid epidemic, with a particular focus on informing FDA's development of a formal method for incorporating individual and societal considerations into its risk-benefit framework for opioid approval and monitoring.
Author: David Snashall Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 144433817X Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 180
Book Description
This new edition of Occupational and Environmental Medicine concentrates more on the newer kinds of occupational disease including those (like “RSI” and pesticide poisoning) where exposure and effects are difficult to understand. There is specific emphasis on work, health and wellbeing, with links to public health, health promotion, the value of work, disabled people at work, the aging workforce, vocational rehabilitation, evidence based practice, and further chapters on the health effects of climate change and of occupational health and safety in relation to migration and terrorism.
Author: Zinta Podniece Publisher: European Communities ISBN: 9789291911622 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 105
Book Description
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are the most common work-related problem in Europe - 25% of the EU-27 workers report suffering from backache and 23% complain about muscular pains. First, there are preventive steps that have to be taken. But for workers who already have MSDs, the challenge is to maintain their employability, keep them working and, if necessary, reintegrate them into the workplace. The aim of this report is to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions at the workplace and to provide practical examples with respect to successful prevention of MSDs. It focuses mainly on the developments that have taken place since the previous European MSDs Campaign in 2000.
Author: Chris J. Main Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN: 0443100691 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 440
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This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It deals specifically with the management of potentially chronic l pain, how to assess patients with pain, the factors involved in the development of chronic pain and the setting up and running of a pain management programme. The main focus is on musculoskeletal and fibromyalgic type pain. Cancer pain is not addressed. The authors address not only what is recommended in the management of pain but also whether and why it is done, thereby covering not only the content of interdisciplinary pain management but also the processes involved. Provides extensive background material and covers broad issues which other books lack Focuses on not only what is done with the management of pain but whether and why it is done Includes the nuts and bolts of setting up and running a pain management programme Addresses the application of pain management programmes in a wide range of fields Has a multidisciplinary approach and therefore appeals to a multidisciplinary market Two new co-authors: Kay Greasley and Bengt Sjolund. Major restructuring of chapters and rewriting of content with new authors for many of them. Greatly increased discussion of biopsychosocial management in individual clinical practice. Addresses the needs of the individual practitioners as well as those working in specialised pain management units. Includes more on primary care and secondary pain prevention. Expanded discussion of the clinical-occupational interfaces. Particular emphasis on the identification and targeting of modifiable risk factors for chronic pain and prolonged disability. The following topics stregthened throughout: communication, the nature of groups, medication and iatrogenics. Potential of an evidence-based biopsychosocial approach to pain management highlighted.
Author: N.A.S. Kendall
Author: N.A.S. Kendall
Author: Dr. Pinky Dutta
Author: Institute of Medicine
Author: James Chambers
Author: Richard Ennals
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Author: David Snashall
Author: Zinta Podniece
Author: Chris J. Main
Author: Jerome Noailly