Redesigning Patient Handling Tasks to Prevent Nursing Back Injuries

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2001
This study is one of several initiated by the investigators to reduce musculoskeletal injuries in patient care providers. Nurses have one of the highest incidences of work related back injuries of any profession. Over the past 20 years, efforts to reduce work-related injuries in nursing have been largely unsuccessful.
Epistemonikos ID: aa48241409a8a16175e4ec1dbfa48251ebef96e9
First added on: May 03, 2024