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SynthesisOccupational and environmental medicine2016

Effectiveness of workplace interventions in the prevention of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and symptoms: an update of the evidence.

D Van Eerd, C Munhall, E Irvin, D Rempel, S Brewer, A J van der Beek, J T Dennerlein, J Tullar, K Skivington, C Pinion and 1 more

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Synthesis in Occupational and environmental medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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125citing papers in PubMed, 16 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

125 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 332 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

D Van EerdInstitute for Work & Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
C MunhallInstitute for Work & Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
E IrvinInstitute for Work & Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
D RempelDivision of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Richmond, California, USA.
S BrewerCB&I, Inc, The Woodlands, Texas, USA.
A J van der BeekDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J T DennerleinDepartment of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Physical Therapy, Movement & Rehabilitation Science, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
J TullarSchool of Public Health, Institute for Health Policy, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
K SkivingtonInstitute for Work & Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
C PinionCB&I, Inc, The Woodlands, Texas, USA.
B AmickInstitute for Work & Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Florida International University, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Miami, Florida, USA.
Institute for Work & Health · CAEMGO Institute for Health and Care Research · NLThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Chief Scientist Office SPHSU10Medical Research Council MC_PC_13027Medical Research Council MCPC13027Medical Research Council MC_UU_12017/10Medical Research Council MC_UU_12017/8Medical Research Council MCUU12017/8
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The burden of disabling musculoskeletal pain and injuries (musculoskeletal disorders, MSDs) arising from work-related causes in many workplaces remains substantial. There is little consensus on the most appropriate interventions for MSDs. Our objective was to update a systematic review of workplace-based interventions for preventing and managing upper extremity MSD (UEMSD). We followed a systematic review process developed by the Institute for Work & Health and an adapted best evidence synthesis. 6 electronic databases were searched (January 2008 until April 2013 inclusive) yielding 9909 non-duplicate references. 26 high-quality and medium-quality studies relevant to our research question were combined with 35 from the original review to synthesise the evidence on 30 different intervention categories. There was strong evidence for one intervention category, resistance training, leading to the recommendation: Implementing a workplace-based resistance training exercise programme can help prevent and manage UEMSD and symptoms. The synthesis also revealed moderate evidence for stretching programmes, mouse use feedback and forearm supports in preventing UEMSD or symptoms. There was also moderate evidence for no benefit for EMG biofeedback, job stress management training, and office workstation adjustment for UEMSD and symptoms. Messages are proposed for both these and other intervention categories.

Indexed as

Exercise TherapyOccupational Health ServicesOutcome Assessment, Health CareUpper ExtremityWorkErgonomicsHumansMusculoskeletal DiseasesOccupational DiseasesWorkplacePreventionReviewUpper ExtremityWorkplace

Identifiers

PMID26552695
PMCPMC4717459
OpenAlexW2174984499

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