Prospective Cohort Study of Upper Eztremity MSDs Among 17 Diverse Employers
The goal of this multi-center study is to perform a large, prospective cohort study to quantify the risks for Distal Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) and to develop dose-response relationships for individual and aggregate disorders. Specific disorders targeted include carpal tunnel syndrome, lateral epicondylitis, medial epicondylitis, deQuervains stenosing tenosynovitis, extensor tenosynovitides, wrist compartment flexor tenosynovitides, trigger digit, and numerous other types of specific muscle-tendon unit disorders in the distal upper extremity. The research project was additionally renewed in 2007 and expanded to include shoulder disorders including shoulder tendinitides.The study includes subjects drawn from 17 plants primarily drawn from two U.S. states (Wisconsin and Utah). Job positions were selected after preliminary walk-through surveys to attempt to stratify subject enrollments into approximately one third each of high, medium, and low job exposures using a simplified Strain Index while blinded to health outcomes data/information. Enrollments were accomplished mostly from 2003-2004. Participants are employees of a variety of manufacturing plants including gas motor manufacturing, electric light assembly, apparel manufacturing, airbag manufacturing, assembly, generator manufacturing and meat processing.
Kurt T. Hegmann Matthew S. Thiese Ulrike Ott Steve Oostema Arun Garg Jay Kapellusch Gwen Deckow-Schaefer James Foster
University of Utah University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
国际会议
17th World Congress on Ergonomics(第十七届国际人类工效学大会)
北京
英文
1-6
2009-08-09（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）