Regarding the premature retirement related to a high prevalence of musculoskeletal
disorders amongst health care workers of S. Jose's Hospital, the Occupational Health
Department developed a prevention programme based on an ergonomic workplace
assessment. The aims of this programme were the identification of the relevant key problems
regarding the individuals and of the main tasks and factors leading to musculoskeletal
disorders, in order to establish the future strategies to enable the ageing workers to maintain …