Ergonomics disabled

From the occupational safety and health perspective, the current state of ergonomics knowledge eillows for management of musculoskeletal disorders in order to minimize human suffering, potential for disability, and the related workers compensation costs. Ergonomics can help to ... 

Leamon, T. B., Research to Reality A Critical Review of the Validity of Various Criteria for the Prevention of Occupationally Induced Low Back Pain Disability, Ergonomics, Vol. 37, No. 12, 1994, pp. 1959-1974. 

Vanderheiden, G. C. (1997), Design for People with Functional Limitations Resulting from Disability, Aging, or Circumstance, in Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 2nd Ed., G. Salvendy, Ed., John Wiley Sons, New York, pp. 2010-2052. 

Pamianpour, M. and Marras, W.S. 1993. Development of clinical protocols based on ergonomics evaluation in response to American Disability Act (1992), In Rehabilitation Engineering Center Proposal to National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 

Hunt et al. (1993) also find that neither efforts to enhanee wellness in workers nor ergonomie solutions prove to be effective in improving disability outcomes. In fact, ergonomic solutions to prevent injury and subsequent disability actually result in slightly higher disability rates. Although the result is odd, it is not statistieally signifieant. 

One major task of the ergonomics committee is identifying existing and potential ergonomics problems. It is easy to identify those problems that have already produced accidents, disabilities or worker compensation claims. Additional... 

The oil industry is producing a great number of disabled people. It is ironic that the LTI statistics is presented with many decimals whereas the companies have no statistics at all on workers made invalid. Injuries and diseases related to noise, chemicals, ergonomic loads and strain, shift work, etc. are neglected. The regulations should have requirements to prevent misuse of statistics. 

A systematic literature search was performed on Pubmed, AMED, CINAHL, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus and Business Source Premier, from inception to September 2014, using the key words EMG, electromyography, ergonomics, ergonomic, muscle, upper trapezius, shoulder, shoulder pain, shoulder disability, shoulder disorder, musculoskeletal disorders, neck, neck pain, neck disorder, cervical, risk factor, computer, work and labor and boolean operators (AND, OR) were also added to search, with no temporal restriction. Filters for Enghsh language, peer-reviewed studies and human subjects were also applied. 

The levator scapula muscle is frequently involved in neck and posterior shoulder pain. Spasm of this muscle often occurs due to overuse in persons using computers or typewriters. These individuals need to be evaluated for correct posture and ergonomic working conditions. Taking time to stretch and relax the cervical muscles helps prevent this common problem. Untreated, trigger points tend to form in this muscle leading to increased pain and disability. 

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