Overall studies showed that nursing activities conferred increased risk for , and were associated with back disorders regardless of nursing technique , personal characteristics , and non-work-related factors .
Patient h and ling appears to confer the highest risk , but other nursing duties are also associated with elevated risk , and confound dose – response assessment s related to patient h and ling alone .
A threshold of nursing activities below which the risk of back disorders is not elevated has not been established .
Abstract Background : Although non-specific low back pain ( LBP ) is known to be multifactorial , studies from across the globe have documented their higher prevalence in nurses .
This systematic review was conducted to ascertain whether this much-documented association constitutes a causal relationship , and whether there is a discernible threshold of exposures associated with this elevated risk .
The accident process preceding overexertion back injuries in nursing personnel. PROSA study group.
OBJECTIVES This prospect i ve dynamic- population -based study investigated factors involved in the accident process preceding overexertion back injuries  among nursing personnel . METHODS The study covered all reported occupational overexertion back injuries due to accidents among of the approximately 24 500 nurses in the Stockholm County hospitals during 1 year . It was assumed that several factors interact in the accident process . Detailed information was obtained for each injury by interviews with the injured nurse and head nurse . Risks in the physical environment were identified using an ergonomic checklist . RESULTS During the study 136 overexertion back injuries were reported . Of the 130 nurses participating in the study , 125 had been injured in connection with patient work . Cluster analysis yielded 6 clusters and their pattern of contributing factors . The most frequent injury occurred during patient transfer in the bed or to or from the bed , without the use of transfer devices , when the patient suddenly lost his or her balance or resisted during the transfer and the nurse had to make a sudden movement . However , there were physical conditions , such as shortcomings in the physical work environment or a lack of a transfer device , that compelled the nurses to perform the tasks under unsafe conditions . CONCLUSIONS The clusters showed a complexity of different kinds of accidents and indicated that the measures for preventing accidents , or for blocking an accident process once started , have to be of different kinds and placed at several different levels in the organization of a workplace
Overall studies showed that nursing activities conferred increased risk for , and were associated with back disorders regardless of nursing technique , personal characteristics , and non-work-related factors .
Patient h and ling appears to confer the highest risk , but other nursing duties are also associated with elevated risk , and confound dose – response assessment s related to patient h and ling alone .
A threshold of nursing activities below which the risk of back disorders is not elevated has not been established .
Abstract Background : Although non-specific low back pain ( LBP ) is known to be multifactorial , studies from across the globe have documented their higher prevalence in nurses .
This systematic review was conducted to ascertain whether this much-documented association constitutes a causal relationship , and whether there is a discernible threshold of exposures associated with this elevated risk .