Despite the high prevalence of upper limb (UL) work-related musculoskeletal disorders
(WRMSD) among health care workers (HCWs), little is known about their relationship with …

Repetitive task performance is a leading cause of musculoskeletal injuries among order-
picking workers in warehouses. The repetition of lifting tasks increases the risk of back and …

Abstract Purpose The Epic Lift Capacity (ELC) test is used to determine a worker's maximum
lifting capacity. In the ELC test, maximum lifting capacity is often determined as the maximum …

BACKGROUND: In literature, there are many instruments for evaluating workaholism;
however, they do not have convergent validity, because of the lack of a shared definition of …

Introduction: Manual handling personnel and those performing manual handling tasks in
non-traditional manual handling industries continue to suffer debilitating and costly …

In the present study, we employed wearable accelerometers to characterize the patterns of
mono-and bilateral activity of upper limbs (UL) in 46 individuals of a metalworking company …

Purpose To summarize progress of functional capacity evaluation (FCE) research based on
the proceedings of the Fourth International FCE Research Conference held in Switzerland …

BACKGROUND: Heavy Work Investment (HWI) is a construct that covers both positive and
negative behaviors characterized by a high investment of time and energy in working (work …

Introduction Validity is a dynamic process and as part of a continual process of evaluation of
tools, this study aimed to evaluate content validity of the WorkHab functional capacity …

In Australia, 41% of industry injury claims are due to manual handling tasks, costing $14.58
billion annually. In the Australian Army, 78% of physically demanding tasks are considered …