Document ID (ISN) | 103919 |
CIS number |
05-236 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
Year |
2003 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Anema J.R., Steenstra I.A., Urlings I.J.M., Bongers P.M., de Vroome E.M.M., van Mechelen W. |
Title |
Participatory ergonomics as a return-to-work intervention: A future challenge? |
Bibliographic information |
Sep. 2003, Vol.44, No.3, p.273-281. Illus. 33 ref. |
Abstract |
A participatory ergonomics programme applied to the disability management of workers suffering from low-back pain (LBP) is presented. It involved 35 workers who were absent from work for periods of 2-6 weeks due to LBP. Questionnaires were addressed to the workers, to their occupational physicians, who had received prior training in the programme, and to participating ergonomists. Workers, their supervisors and the ergonomists jointly identified a number of ergonomic solutions to be presented to the employers. Most workers were satisfied with the programme and reported a stimulating effect on return-to-work. Almost half of the proposed solutions were implemented. The main obstacles to implementation were technical or organizational difficulties and physical disabilities of the worker. |
Descriptors (primary) |
plant health organization; health programmes; backache; ergonomics; rehabilitation |
Descriptors (secondary) |
workplace design; sickness absenteeism; programme evaluation; industrial physicians; handicapped workers; role of supervisory staff; workers' participation; ergonomic evaluation |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Netherlands |
Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
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Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system Workplace health promotion Ergonomics Rehabilitiation Workers' participation Occupational health services
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