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 .
A comprehensive analysis of low-back disorder risk and spinal loading during the transferring and repositioning of patients using different techniques.
Although patient h and lers suffer from low-back injuries at an alarming rate worldwide , there has been limited research quantifying the risk for the specific tasks performed by the patient h and lers . The current study used both a comprehensive evaluation system ( low-back disorder risk model ) and theoretical model ( biomechanical spinal loading model ) to evaluate risk of LBD of 17 participants ( 12 experienced and five inexperienced ) performing several patient h and ling tasks . Eight of the participants were female and nine were male . Several patient transfers were evaluated as well as  repositioning of the patient in bed ; these were performed with one and two people . The patient transfers were between bed and wheelchair ( fixed and removable arms ) and between commode chair and hospital chair . A ' st and ard ' patient ( a 50 kg co-operative female ; non-weight bearing but had use of upper body ) was used in all patient h and ling tasks . Overall , patient h and ling was found to be an extremely hazardous job that had substantial risk of causing a low-back injury whether with one or two patient h and lers . The greatest risk was associated with the one-person transferring techniques with the actual task being performed having a limited effect . The repositioning techniques were found to have significant risk of LBD associated with them with the single hook method having the highest LBD risk and spinal loads that exceeded the tolerance limits ( worst patient h and ling job ) . The two-person draw sheet repositioning technique had the lowest LBD risk and spinal loads but still had relatively high spinal loads and LBD risk . Thus , even the safest of tasks ( of the tasks evaluated in this study ) had significant risk . Additionally , the current study represented a ' best ' case scenario since the patient was relatively light and co-operative . Thus , patient h and ling in real situations such as in a nursing home , would be expected to be worse . Therefore , to have an impact on LBD , it is necessary to provide mechanical lift assist devices
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 .