ArticleJournal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS2011
Musculoskeletal load in and highly repetitive actions of animal facility washroom employees.
Article in Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Use of Wearable Systems for Assessing Work-Related Risks Related to the Musculoskeletal System-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Biomechanical Assessments of the Upper Limb for Determining Fatigue, Strain and Effort from the Laboratory to the Industrial Working Place: A Systematic Review.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Assessment of Mouse Handling Techniques During Cage Changing.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2019Article
- Kinematic posture analysis of orthodontists in their daily working practice.Journal of orofacial orthopedics = Fortschritte der Kieferorthopadie : Organ/official journal Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kieferorthopadie · 2018Article
- Constrained posture in dentistry - a kinematic analysis of dentists.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Article
- Restricted posture in dentistry - a kinematic analysis of orthodontists.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Article
- Kinematic analysis of work-related musculoskeletal loading of trunk among dentists in Germany.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2016Article
- Motion analysis in the field of dentistry: a kinematic comparison of dentists and orthodontists.BMJ open · 2016Observational
- Medical work assessment in German hospitals: a study protocol of a movement sequence analysis (MAGRO-MSA).Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2015Article
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Abstract
Regular work tasks in the washroom of laboratory animal facilities include cleaning of cages and bottles and handling of chow and bedding. These operations largely are carried out by hand. We quantitatively determined the musculoskeletal load on the trunk and upper limbs of washroom employees in an animal facility with a holding capacity of 35,000 rodent cages by using a computer-assisted, quantitative, recording, and long-term analysis (CUELA) system, which volunteers wore during routine work. Parallel video recording allowed exact assignment of each movement of body and limbs to the data recorded by the sensors. For the most part, trunk movements were unassociated with risk of injury. Evaluation of upper limb movements by CUELA indicated elevated burden on shoulder, elbows, and wrists due to the high repetitiveness and range of movements and postures. However, after additional work factors like low effort and the presence of micropauses were taken into account, workers were not at risk for the development of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limbs. Handling bottles, chow, and bedding and maneuvering trolleys that entailed greater musculoskeletal loads did not yield evidence of overstraining, because the actions typically were executed alternately and were of short duration during daily shifts. The results represent quantitative information on the musculoskeletal load of regular washroom operations in a laboratory animal facility. These data provide the basis for ergonomic redesign of operations and implementation of automation for highly repetitive movements.
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