Work-related musculoskeletal disorders [[electronic resource] ] : report, workshop summary, and workshop papers / / Steering Committee for the Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: the Research Base ; Committee on Human Factors, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455949003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999
• ISBN: 1-280-21035-4; 9786610210350; 0-309-53920-X; 0-585-05537-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.4/7044
• Soggetti: Musculoskeletal system - Wounds and injuries; Stress (Physiology); Musculoskeletal system - Mechanical properties; Occupational diseases; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""II WORKSHOP SUMMARY ""; ""Introduction""; ""Organizing Framework""; ""Biological Responses of Tissues to Stressors""; ""PRESENTATIONS""; ""Soft Tissue Responses to Physical Stressors: Muscles, Tendons, and Ligaments""; ""Muscles""; ""Tendons and Ligaments""; ""Soft Tissue Responses to Physical Stressors: Nerves""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Work Factors, Individual Host Factors, and Internal Loads: Biomechanics of Work Stressors""; ""PRESENTATION""; ""Work Factors and Biomechanics""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Epidemiology: Physical Factors""""PANEL DISCUSSION""; ""WORKSHOP DISCUSSION""; ""Non-Biomechanical Factors That Can Affect Musculoskeletal Disorders""; ""PRESENTATION""; ""Epidemiological Evidence that Non-Biomechanical Factors Can Cause Musculoskeletal ; Disorders""; ""Individual Factors""; ""Organizational and Social Factors""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Intervention to Control Musculoskeletal Disorders""; ""PRESENTATION""; ""The Research on Interventions to Control Musculoskeletal Disorders""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Conclusion: Integration and Overview""; ""PANEL COMMENTS""; ""GENERAL DISCUSSION""; ""REFERENCES""""Appendix A Invitees and Participants, Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: Examining ...""; ""PARTICIPANTS""; ""INVITEES WHO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND""; ""STAFF""; ""Appendix B""; ""III WORKSHOP PAPERS ""; ""Response of Muscle and Tendon to Injury and Overuse""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MUSCLE""; ""Contraction-induced Injury""; ""Single-event muscle strain injuries:""; ""Muscle Fatigue""; ""Muscle Pain""; ""Aging Effects in Muscle""; ""Effect of Exercise on Muscle""; ""Estimation of Muscle and Tendon Forces""; ""PASSIVE TENSILE STRUCTURES:""; ""Ligament""; ""Ligament response to alterations in loading""""Ligamentous response to repetitive loading""; ""Age-Related Changes in Ligaments""; ""Tendon""; ""Cumulative Strain""; ""Animal models of tendon response to exercise""; ""Animal models for inducing tendinosis.""; ""Measurements of Carpal Tunnel Pressure""; ""Muscle-Tendon Unit""; ""BRIEF DISCUSSIONâ€?THE SITE OF INJURY.""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""Tendon/ligament""; ""Muscle""; ""FUTURE DIRECTIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Biological Response of Peripheral Nerves to Loading: Pathophysiology of Nerve Compression Syndromes and Vibration Inducedâ€?""; ""INTRODUCTION""""STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF PERIPHERAL NERVES""; ""Microanatomy""; ""Normal Gliding of Nerve Trunks""; ""PURPOSE OF THIS REPORTâ€?DATABASE SEARCH""; ""EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES FOR NERVE COMPRESSION IN ANIMALS""; ""NERVE COMPRESSIONâ€?ACUTE EFFECTS (HOURS)""; ""NERVE COMPRESSIONâ€?SHORT-TERM EFFECTS (DAYS)""; ""NERVE COMPRESSIONâ€?LONG-TERM EFFECTS (WEEKS)""; ""HISTOLOGY OF HUMAN NERVE COMPRESSION""; ""VIBRATION AND NERVEâ€?SHORT-TERM EFFECTS (DAYS)""; ""HISTOLOGY OF HUMAN VIBRATION INDUCED NEUROPATHY""; ""EXTRANEURAL PRESSURE IN NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES""; ""EFFECTS OF JOINT POSTURE AND HAND LOADING ON EXTRANEURAL PRESSURE IN NORMAL SUBJECTS""