Prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders in Italian workers: is there an underestimation of the related occupational risk factors?

Background Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) represent an important socio-economic burden. The current risk assessment and management involved in the ethiopathogenesis of WMSDs is based on observational tools and checklists, which have some limitations in terms of accuracy and reliabili...

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Published in:	BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 738 - 16
Main Authors:	Russo, Fabrizio, Di Tecco, Cristina, Fontana, Luca, Adamo, Giovanna, Papale, Adriano, Denaro, Vincenzo, Iavicoli, Sergio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 12.11.2020 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Back pain Biomechanical risk Biomechanics Care and treatment Check lists Cross-Sectional Studies Epidemiology Epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders Ergonomic risk Ergonomics Female Health surveillance Humans Internal Medicine Interviews Italy - epidemiology Low back pain Lower limbs Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Musculoskeletal diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases - diagnosis Musculoskeletal Diseases - epidemiology Musculoskeletal disorders Occupational diseases Occupational Diseases - diagnosis Occupational Diseases - epidemiology Occupational exposure Occupational health Orthopedics Perceptions Population Prevalence Questionnaires Rehabilitation Reproducibility of Results Research Article Rheumatology Risk assessment Risk exposure Risk Factors Sports Medicine Statistics Upper limbs Variables Workers Italy Musculoskeletal disorders Health surveillance program Low back pain Video display unit risk Risk assessment Lower limbs Ergonomic risk Upper limbs Biomechanical risk
ISSN:	1471-2474, 1471-2474
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