Manual material handling advice and assistive devices for preventing and treating back pain in workers

Midwives’ thoughts about musculoskeletal disorders with an evaluation of working tasks

“…Almost all interviewees agreed that they did not benefit from this compulsory generic training for reducing their MSDs risk. This is consistent with previous systematic reviews (Hignett, 2003;Dawson et al, 2007;Clemes et al, 2009;Verbeek et al, 2011;Hogan et al, 2014) Hignett (1996) suggested over 20 years ago that manual handling tasks for midwifery differ from nursing care mainly due to having two 'loads' (mother and baby) and caring for healthy mobile 'patients'. It should also be noted that the equipment and environment is unique for midwifery such as birthing beds and pool.…”

Midwives’ thoughts about musculoskeletal disorders with an evaluation of working tasks

“…Almost all interviewees agreed that they did not benefit from this compulsory generic training for reducing their MSDs risk. This is consistent with previous systematic reviews (Hignett, 2003;Dawson et al, 2007;Clemes et al, 2009;Verbeek et al, 2011;Hogan et al, 2014) Hignett (1996) suggested over 20 years ago that manual handling tasks for midwifery differ from nursing care mainly due to having two 'loads' (mother and baby) and caring for healthy mobile 'patients'. It should also be noted that the equipment and environment is unique for midwifery such as birthing beds and pool.…”

Outcomes of safe patient handling and mobilization programs: A meta-analysis

“…The findings of this study support the utility of SPHM programs in protecting patient care workers from occupational injuries. Our results build on the findings of several prior reviews related to healthcare worker musculoskeletal safety and health [5, 13–21]. A recent review by Thomas et al outlined core program elements for successful safe patient handling and mobility programs: establishment of a safe lifting policy, performance of an ergonomic assessment, equipment availability, creation of a patient assessment protocol, staff training, and the provision of resource staff [14].…”

An Evidence-Based Multidisciplinary Practice Guideline to Reduce the Workload due to Lifting for Preventing Work-Related Low Back Pain

“…From these studies, we concluded that it is theoretically possible that training and advice reduce the load of the low back in the order of 5 to 10%, but that it is unlikely that this will be achieved and uphold in practice. This finding is in line with a Cochrane review on the effect of manual material handling advice and assistive devices for preventing back pain that did not find a considerable effect on the occurrence of back pain [ 37 - 39 ] (Level A, Table 3 ).…”

Midwives’ thoughts about musculoskeletal disorders with an evaluation of working tasks

“…Almost all interviewees agreed that they did not benefit from this compulsory generic training for reducing their MSDs risk. This is consistent with previous systematic reviews (Hignett, 2003;Dawson et al, 2007;Clemes et al, 2009;Verbeek et al, 2011;Hogan et al, 2014) Hignett (1996) suggested over 20 years ago that manual handling tasks for midwifery differ from nursing care mainly due to having two 'loads' (mother and baby) and caring for healthy mobile 'patients'. It should also be noted that the equipment and environment is unique for midwifery such as birthing beds and pool.…”

Outcomes of safe patient handling and mobilization programs: A meta-analysis

“…The findings of this study support the utility of SPHM programs in protecting patient care workers from occupational injuries. Our results build on the findings of several prior reviews related to healthcare worker musculoskeletal safety and health [5, 13–21]. A recent review by Thomas et al outlined core program elements for successful safe patient handling and mobility programs: establishment of a safe lifting policy, performance of an ergonomic assessment, equipment availability, creation of a patient assessment protocol, staff training, and the provision of resource staff [14].…”

An Evidence-Based Multidisciplinary Practice Guideline to Reduce the Workload due to Lifting for Preventing Work-Related Low Back Pain

“…From these studies, we concluded that it is theoretically possible that training and advice reduce the load of the low back in the order of 5 to 10%, but that it is unlikely that this will be achieved and uphold in practice. This finding is in line with a Cochrane review on the effect of manual material handling advice and assistive devices for preventing back pain that did not find a considerable effect on the occurrence of back pain [ 37 - 39 ] (Level A, Table 3 ).…”

Midwives’ thoughts about musculoskeletal disorders with an evaluation of working tasks

“…Almost all interviewees agreed that they did not benefit from this compulsory generic training for reducing their MSDs risk. This is consistent with previous systematic reviews (Hignett, 2003;Dawson et al, 2007;Clemes et al, 2009;Verbeek et al, 2011;Hogan et al, 2014) Hignett (1996) suggested over 20 years ago that manual handling tasks for midwifery differ from nursing care mainly due to having two 'loads' (mother and baby) and caring for healthy mobile 'patients'. It should also be noted that the equipment and environment is unique for midwifery such as birthing beds and pool.…”

Outcomes of safe patient handling and mobilization programs: A meta-analysis

“…The findings of this study support the utility of SPHM programs in protecting patient care workers from occupational injuries. Our results build on the findings of several prior reviews related to healthcare worker musculoskeletal safety and health [5, 13–21]. A recent review by Thomas et al outlined core program elements for successful safe patient handling and mobility programs: establishment of a safe lifting policy, performance of an ergonomic assessment, equipment availability, creation of a patient assessment protocol, staff training, and the provision of resource staff [14].…”

An Evidence-Based Multidisciplinary Practice Guideline to Reduce the Workload due to Lifting for Preventing Work-Related Low Back Pain

“…From these studies, we concluded that it is theoretically possible that training and advice reduce the load of the low back in the order of 5 to 10%, but that it is unlikely that this will be achieved and uphold in practice. This finding is in line with a Cochrane review on the effect of manual material handling advice and assistive devices for preventing back pain that did not find a considerable effect on the occurrence of back pain [ 37 - 39 ] (Level A, Table 3 ).…”