Description |
ix, 309 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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MyiLibrary
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Contents |
Back pain magnitude and potential risk factors -- Function, structure, and support of the back -- The process of pain -- Potential pathways to back pain -- The assessment of biomechanical forces acting on the low back -- The influence of physical work factors on muscle activities and spine loads -- Psychosocial and organizational factor influence on spine loading -- Individual factors role in spine loading -- |
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Physical, individual, and psychosocial/organizational risk factor interactions -- Engineering controls to mediate back pain at work : tools for the assessment of physical factor impact on spine loads and intervention -- Administrative controls for the workplace : psychosocial and organizational interventions -- Integrating risk interventions into the workplace -- Understanding recurrent low back pain and implications for return to work |
Summary |
"Low back pain affects 80% of the population at some point during their lifetime; it is responsible for over 40% of the compensation costs for work-related injuries. This book provides an understanding of the mechanisms influencing low back pain in the workplace and indicates how low back pain might be prevented, saving employers extraordinary amounts in medical costs and protecting workers from the most common on-the-job injury." "This book give readers the knowledge to assess a work environment and prescribe effective interventions. It is a hands-on reference for ergonomists, manufacturing engineers, process engineers, industrial engineers and managers, safety engineers, nurses, therapists, chiropractors, physicians, and workers with back pain. It is also an excellent resource for graduate or undergraduate students of kinesiology, physiology, ergonomics, physical therapy, nursing, industrial design, engineering, and general medicine."--BOOK JACKET |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Electronic version is available via MyiLibrary |
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Backache -- Etiology.
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Backache -- Risk factors.
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Occupational diseases.
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Human engineering.
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Biomechanical Phenomena.
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Biomechanics
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Low Back Pain -- prevention & control.
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Occupational Diseases -- prevention & control.
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Ergometry.
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LC no. |
2007035518 |
ISBN |
9780470134054 hardback |
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9780470258569 electronic bk |
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0470134054 hardback |
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