Occupational Ergonomics: Engineering and Administrative Controls focuses on prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders with an emphasis on engineering and administrative controls. Section I provides knowledge about risk factors for upper and lower extremities at work, while Section II concentrates on risk factors for work-related low back disorders. Section III discusses fundamentals of surveillance of musculoskeletal disorders, requirements for surveillance database systems, OSHA Record keeping system, and surveillance methods based on the assessment of body discomfort. Section IV focuses on medical management of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, including programs for post-injury management, testing of physical ability for employment decisions, assessment of worker strength and other functional capacities, and applications of ergonomics knowledge in rehabilitation.
Author(s): Waldemar Karwowski, William S. Marras
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 680
Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 14
1 Epidemiology of Upper Extremity Disorders Bradley Evanoff and David Rempel......Page 20
2 Integrated Analysis of Upper Extremity Disorders Richard Wells 2......Page 32
3 Biomechanical Aspects of CTDs Richard W Marklin 3......Page 52
4 Occupational Risk Factors for Shoulder Disorders Eira Viikari Juntura 4......Page 90
5 Hand Tools Design and Evaluation Robert G Radwin 5......Page 108
6 Gloves Ram Bishu and A Muralidhar 6......Page 122
7 Industrial Mats Jung Yong Kim 7......Page 134
8 Ergonomic Principles Applied to the Prevention of Injuries to the......Page 140
9 Ergonomics of the Foot Stephan Konz 9......Page 152
10 Epidemiology of Back Pain in Industry Gunnar B J Andersson 10......Page 170
11 Static Biomechanical Modeling in Manual Lifting Don B Chaffin 11......Page 190
12 Dynamic Low Back Models......Page 202
13 Selection of 2-D and 3-D Biomechanical Spine Models......Page 224
14 Quantitative Assessment of Trunk Performance......Page 242
15 Perspective on Industrial Low Back Pain......Page 264
16 Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation......Page 294
17 A Population-Based Load Threshold Limit (LTL) for Manual Lifting Tasks......Page 319
18 Occupational Low Back Disorder Risk Assessment Using the Lumbar Motion......Page 331
19 Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disorders: Psychophysical Basis......Page 357
20 The Relative Importance of Biomechanical and Psychosocial Factors......Page 383
21 Fall-Related Occupational Injuries......Page 395
22 Low Back Pain (LBP) Glossary......Page 407
23 Fundamentals of Surveillance for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders......Page 447
24 Injury Surveillance Database Systems......Page 463
25 OSHA Recordkeeping......Page 485
26 Body Discomfort Assessment Tools......Page 497
27 Medical Management of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders......Page 513
28 Ergonomic Programs in Post-Injury Management......Page 527
29 Physical Ability Testing for Employment Decision Purposes......Page 549
30 Preplacement Strength Screening......Page 557
31 Assessment of Worker Functional Capacities......Page 579
32 Ergonomics and Rehabilitation......Page 591
33 Update on the Use of Back Belts in Industry......Page 611
34 The Influence of Psychosocial Factors on Sickness Absence......Page 617
35 Back Pain in the Workplace......Page 639
36 Upper Extremity Support......Page 653
Index......Page 667
