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Risk assessment of manual handling operations at work with the key indicator method (KIM-MHO) — determination of criterion validity regarding the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and clinical conditions within a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Manual handling operations (MHO) are known to be risk factors for work-related upper limb disorders (WRULDs), e.g. symptoms and conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome. To estimate the risk of WRULDs, a Key Indicator Method (KIM) for the risk assessment of MHO was developed. The method...

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Autores principales: Klussmann, Andre, Liebers, Falk, Gebhardt, Hansjürgen, Rieger, Monika A., Latza, Ute, Steinberg, Ulf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5424427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28486932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-017-1542-0