Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Letter CarriersA Comparison of Weight Carrying, Walking & Sedentary Occupations
作者:
James Wells,
John Zipp,
Patrick Schuette,
James McEleney,
期刊:
Journal of Occupational Medicine
(OVID Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 25,
issue 11
页码: 814-820
ISSN:0096-1736
年代: 1983
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Data on musculoskeletal problems were collected among samples of letter carriers who were subject to a recent weight increase and those who were not. In addition, comparable data were collected for two groups of controls: gas meter readers who walk on the job, but do not bear a load as do letter carriers, and postal clerks who neither walk nor carry a load. Letter carriers experience excess shoulder, and perhaps neck and back, disability due to their weight bearing on the job. Increase in weight carried is also related to excess shoulder disability among letter carriers. These differences persist after controlling for age, number of years on the job, quetelete ratio and previous work that involved lifting or carrying.
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