Document ID (ISN) | 22465 |
CIS number |
75-585 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0303-8408 - SPM - Sozial- und Präventivmedizin - Social and Preventive Medicine - Médecine sociale et préventive |
Year |
1974 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Gubéran E., Rougemont A. |
Title |
Employment of women involving prolonged upright posture - Results of an epidemiological study on 531 saleswomen |
Original title |
Travail féminin et orthostatisme - Résultats d'une étude épidémiologique auprès de 531 vendeuses. [in French] |
Bibliographic information |
July-Aug. 1974, Vol.19, No.4, p.279-283. Illus. 31 ref. |
Abstract |
To study certain aspects of work involving standing, the authors divided the subjects into 3 groups: immobile standing posture, walking, seated. The highest percentages of pain in the legs (26%), feet (9%) and back (8%) and of prevalence of varicose veins were observed in the "immobile standing" group. Use of sleeping pills, considered as indirect evidence of fatigue, was also found to be more frequent among this group. Among a group of 35 female hospital employees observed in a preliminary survey, average increase in weight during the working day was significantly greater for the "immobile standing" category. The authors conclude that stimulation of the renin-aldosterone system occurs, and put forward the hypothesis of a process furthering the onset of various disorders such as arterial hypertension, cardiac insufficiency and oedema of various origins. |
Descriptors (primary) |
standing posture; backache; physical fatigue; women; lower extremity disorders |
Descriptors (secondary) |
Switzerland; retail trade; survey; varicose veins |
Document type |
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Subject(s) |
Occupational physiology
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system Fatigue Work posture
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