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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 41602 |
| CIS number |
84-741 |
| ISBN(s) |
91-7464-192-1 |
| Year |
1983 |
| Convention or series no. |
Arbete och hälsa 1983:38
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| Author(s) |
Kvarnström S. |
| Title |
Incidence of musculoskeletal disorders in a mechanical engineering plant, with emphasis on occupational shoulder injuries |
| Original title |
Förekomst av muskel- och skelettsjukdomar i en verkstadsindustri med särskild uppmärksamhet på arbetsbetingade skulderbesvär [in Swedish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Arbetarskyddsstyrelsen, Publikationsservice, 171 84 Solna, Sweden, 1983. 79p. Illus. 75 ref. |
| Abstract |
A survey was conducted in a Swedish firm employing approx. 10,000 workers. 47.1% of all long-term sick leaves were due to musculoskeletal diseases. Neck and shoulder problems were as frequent as back problems, and predominated in light manufacturing workshops. A study of 112 long-term absences due to shoulder injury among manual workers (with a high proportion of women and foreign workers) pinpoints some individual factors (anthropometric data, muscular strength, correlations with age, personality, social factors) and factors present at work (height and distance of work surface, load on the arms, effect of work breaks, rhythm and method of work). Thanks to these results, electromyographic measurement of muscle tension in work situations has been introduced, leading to improved working conditions. English translation published in Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Supplement No.8, 1983, p.1-60. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
morbidity; musculoskeletal diseases; upper extremity disorders; metalworking industry; shoulder |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
machinery industry; Sweden; sickness absenteeism; muscular diseases; translation; back disorders; survey; electromyography; cervicobrachial syndrome |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Metalworking industry
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