Objective The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and
reported injuries for nurses and nursing aides. Background Nurses and nursing aides suffer …

Background Societal aging is exerting profound impacts on providers of long-term care.
Nurses provide much of the direct care in the long-term care sector, and they increasingly …

Objetivo El objetivo principal del estudio es determinar la prevalencia de trastornos
musculoesqueléticos relacionados con el trabajo en profesionales de los servicios de …

Repositioning of passive patients in bed creates health risks to the nursing personnel.
Therefore, appropriate assistive devices should be used. Our aim was to find the optimal …

In industrial countries home care services for elderly people living in the community are
growing rapidly. Home care nursing is intensive and the nurses often suffer from …

Abstract The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) is an important part of the workforce in
hospitals and nursing homes, whose work includes heavy and repetitive work tasks …

Enquadramento: a prática de enfermagem está relacionada com atividades que requerem
solicitação músculo-esquelética constante e desajustada, como consequência do …

Objective Although little is known about its origins, neck pain may be related to several
associated anatomical pathologies. We aimed to characterize the incidence and features of …

O profissional ao desempenhar um trabalho se expõe aos riscos a ele relacionados,
podendo adoecer física e mentalmente, devido às mudanças nos processos laborais …

Purpose To determine bed height adjustment for maintaining neutral lumbar position as a
function of anthropometric dimensions. Materials and methods 80 physical therapy students …