Purpose Based on current scientific evidence and best practice, the first Dutch
multidisciplinary practice guideline for occupational health professionals was developed to …

Despite all the efforts in studying work-related risk factors for low back pain (LBP),
interventions targeting these risk factors to prevent LBP have no proven cost-effectiveness …

Back-support exoskeletons (BSEs) are wearable systems designed to reduce physical
demands on the back, but which could have undesired effects beyond this design intention …

This assessment is a comprehensive report combining: a) the key evidence linking diseases
and injuries to occupational risks; b) a quantitative assessment of the disease burden …

Introduction. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) remain a substantial burden to society and to
workplaces worldwide. Evidence-based practice approaches may be helpful; however …

Lifting tasks are manual material-handling activities and are commonly associated with work-
related low back disorders. Instrument-based assessment tools are used to quantitatively …

The aims of this study were: to identify surface electromyography (sEMG)-based indices of
trunk muscles acquired during the execution of lifting tasks designed using the revised …

Purpose To investigate if lumbar and lower limb kinematics or kinetics are different between
groups with and without a history of LBP during lifting. Secondly, to investigate relationships …

The surface electromyographic (sEMG) data of 12 trunk muscles of 10 workers during the
execution of lifting tasks using three lifting indices (LI) were recorded. The aims of this work …

The aims of the present work were: to calculate lifting energy consumption (LEC) in work
activities designed to have a growing lifting index (LI) by means of revised NIOSH lifting …