Gender differences in workers with identical repetitive industrial tasks: exposure and musculoskeletal disorders

C Nordander, K Ohlsson, I Balogh, GÅ Hansson… - International archives of …, 2008 - Springer
Objectives For unknown reasons, females run a higher risk than males of work-related
musculoskeletal disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether male and female …

Gender differences in self-reported physical and psychosocial exposures in jobs with both female and male workers

WE Hooftman, AJ van der Beek… - … of occupational and …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim was to determine whether men and women with the same job are equally
exposed to work-related physical and psychosocial risk factors for musculoskeletal …

Risk of musculoskeletal disorders among females and males in repetitive/constrained work

C Nordander, K Ohlsson, I Åkesson, I Arvidsson… - Ergonomics, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This paper combines epidemiological data on musculoskeletal morbidity in 40 female and
15 male occupational groups (questionnaire data 3720 females, 1241 males, physical …

Influence of gender on work-related musculoskeletal disorders in repetitive tasks

HJCG Coury, IA Porcatti, MER Alem, J Oishi - International journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
The incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) is high in workers doing
highly repetitive movements. This study compared WRMDs symptoms for female and male …

Impact of physical exposure on neck and upper limb disorders in female workers

GÅ Hansson, I Balogh, K Ohlsson, B Pålsson… - Applied ergonomics, 2000 - Elsevier
Physical workload [muscular load of the trapezius and infraspinatus muscles using
electromyography (EMG), wrist positions and movements by electrogoniometers] and neck …

Gender differences in upper extremity musculoskeletal complaints in the working population

BCH De Zwart, MHW Frings-Dresen… - International archives of …, 2000 - Springer
Objectives: This study analysed the association between gender and upper extremity
musculoskeletal complaints, among the general working population and in various …

Why are manual workers at high risk of upper limb disorders? The role of physical work factors in a random sample of workers in France (the Pays de la Loire study)

M Melchior, Y Roquelaure, B Evanoff… - Occupational and …, 2006 - oem.bmj.com
Objective: To investigate the reasons for the excess risk of upper limb musculoskeletal
disorders among manual workers compared with other workers in a random sample of 2656 …

Repetitive industrial work and neck and upper limb disorders in females

K Ohisson, RG Attewell, B Pålsson… - American journal of …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
A cross‐sectional study was performed in which physical examinations of the neck and
upper limbs were conducted on 82 currently working female industrial workers with …

Do work technique and musculoskeletal symptoms differ between men and women performing the same type of work tasks?

R Dahlberg, L Karlqvist, C Bildt, K Nykvist - Applied ergonomics, 2004 - Elsevier
Musculoskeletal disorders are more common among women than among men. When
comparing the difference between men and women in the prevalence of musculoskeletal …

Gender adjustment or stratification in discerning upper extremity musculoskeletal disorder risk?

B Silverstein, ZJ Fan, CK Smith, S Bao, N Howard… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2009 - JSTOR
Objectives The aim was to explore whether" adjustment" for gender masks important
exposure differences between men and women in a study of rotator cuff syndrome (RCS) …