Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in nursing professionals working in orthopedic setting

Fatores biomecânicos: uma análise do trabalho dos enfermeiros

“…Para Lee, Dziadkowiec e Meek (2014), os profissionais da saúde, como enfermeiros, estão expostos a riscos musculoesqueléticos por atuarem em um ambiente de trabalho de natureza complexa e de atividades multifacetadas. Conforme Santos et al (2017), as principais regiões anatômicas afetadas ao enfermeiros, em vista do desequilíbrio entre as repetidas demandas mecânicas do trabalho e da capacidade insuficiente de adaptação da zona corporal atingida, são: (i) lombar; (ii) joelhos; (iii) ombros e (iv) cervical. No exercício de suas funções, os enfermeiros são suscetíveis à fadiga ocupacional e à DORT por envolverem tarefas que exijam posturas inadequadas e pela contínua necessidade de movimento dos membros superiores (LIMA et al, 2014).…”

An Exercise Rehabilitative Solution to Work-Related Musculoskeletal Lower Back Pain among Nurses

“…In addition the nurses are also responsible for the reverse transfers as well. Unfortunately these above-mentioned strenuous tasks do contribute to the WRMLBP among nurses [6] [7] [22]. All the above tasks require nurses to adopt abnormal positions that must be held statically or move very slowly [6] [7].…”

“…Unfortunately these above-mentioned strenuous tasks do contribute to the WRMLBP among nurses [6] [7] [22]. All the above tasks require nurses to adopt abnormal positions that must be held statically or move very slowly [6] [7]. When nurses are transferring patients they would have flexed their hips (long arc pelvis on femur hip flexion) and hold this position for an indefinite time, eliciting concentric and eccentric contractions of the anterior and posterior lumbopelvic muscles respectively [19].…”

“…Nurses should attempt to adopt better ergonomic practises during patient transfers and regularly perform core stabilization exercises [6]. Core stabilization exercises have been successful in decreasing lower back pain by increasing muscle strength and endurance [18].…”

“…These nurse-patient interaction tasks include turning, bathing, dressing, seating patients in the bed and/or chair and transferring patients [6] [7] [14] [22]. Transferring albeit overweight and obese patients may be from the bed onto a wheelchair or stationary chair, or stretcher or onto the toilet [14].…”