Objective The aim of the study was to estimate the risk of injury when repositioning patients
of different weight with commonly used repositioning aids. Background Repositioning …

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of commercially available friction-
reducing patient-transfer devices in reducing biomechanical stresses on caregivers and …

This paper discusses the issues related to hospital bed designs for the bedridden patients.
With the growth of the population, the number of elderly and bedridden patients is increasing …

Healthcare workers have a high rate of low back injury due to patient handling tasks. These
workers receive training in patient handling methods such as adjusting bed height, but often …

Repositioning patients in bed (boosting) is a common daily task of health care workers. Our
aim was to measure the physical load on nurses in a patient handling situation where a …

Manual patient handling is a major cause of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among
caregivers. Pulling patients up in bed (PUIB) is one of the most frequently performed patient …

BACKGROUND: Repositioning patients is a frequent task for healthcare workers causing
substantial stress to the low back. Patient handling methodologies that reduce low back load …

Nurses face high rates of musculoskeletal disorders, mainly from patient handling. This
study examined the biomechanical shoulder demands associated with eleven patient …

Metodi In uno studio al banco, abbiamo studiato i livelli di PEEP generati da diversi filtri
HEPA e HMEF applicati al casco CPAP in assenza di una valvola PEEP e con due livelli di …

Gli infermieri provenienti dalle diverse terapie intensive di Padova hanno realizzato un
protocollo di" istruzione operativa aziendale" per uniformare la metodica di pronazione e …