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Issue title: Work Practice in Sweden
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Schult, Marie-Louise; | Schüldt, Kristina; | Ekholm, Jan; | Söderback, Ingrid
Affiliations: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Karolinska Hospital, S-17176 Stockholm, Sweden | Department of Rehabilitation & Physical Medicine, Karolinska Institute, S-17176 Stockholm, Sweden
Note: [] Corresponding author.
Abstract: The purpose of the study was to find out how patients viewed their work environment and work technique, and how suggested alterations to the workplace had been realized after a comprehensive exercise-oriented rehabilitation program, including a substantial part with individual ergonomic analysis, individual ergonomic advice and specific work technique training at the occupational therapy unit. The patients had chronic musculoskeletal pain (mostly load-related) in the neck and shoulder with or without neurogenic pain in the arm. After the rehabilitation program a questionnaire was sent to 181 patients. One hundred and thirty-five patients (109 women and 26 men) (75%) responded. More than half of the patients reported that they thought more than once a week about the individual ergonomic advice given during the session when the analysis of videofilm from their workplaces was presented. Their ratings showed high awareness of the advice given, e.g. taking micropauses during work (e.g. straightening up ones back combined with muscular relaxation), working with arms kept close to the trunk, lifting burden close to the body. Half of the patients had made use of the possibility to change working position once or more per hour. The results indicate that the patients were aware of their working technique after participating in the rehabilitation program. Syftet med denna studie var att följa upp hur patienter såg på sin arbetsmiljö och arbetsteknik samt hur föreslagna arbetsplatsanpassningar hade genomförts efter deltagande i ett multimodalt intensivträningsinriktat rehabiliteringsprogram. Programmet inkluderade en väsentlig del av individuell ergonomisk analys, individuell ergonomisk rådgivning och specifik arbeetsteknikträning på arbetsterapiavdelningen. Patienterna hade kronisk muskuloskelettal smärta i armen. Efter rehabiliteringsprogrammet skickades ett frågeformulär till 181 patienter, varav 135 patienter (109 kvinnor och 26 män) (75%) svarade. Mer än halften av patienterna rapporterade att de oftere än en gång i veckan tänkte tillbaka på den individuella ergonomiska rådgivningen som gavs i samband med att videofilmen tagen på deras arbetsplats presenterades. Deras skattningar visade på en hög medvetandegrad när det gällde att la mikropauser under arbetet (dvs atl räta upp ryggen kombinerat med muskelavslappning), att arbeta med armarna nära kroppen och att lyfta bördor nära kroppen. Hälften av patienterna hade använt sig av möjligheten att ändra arbetsställning mer än en gång per timme. Resultatet indikerar att patienterna var medvetna om sin arbetsteknik efter deltagandet i rehabiliteringsprogrammet.
Keywords: Ergonomics, Work technique, Chronic musculoskeletal pain, Neck, Shoulder, Neurogenic pain, Rehabilitation medicine, Occupational therapy
Keywords: Ergonomi, Arbetsteknik, Kronisk muskuloskelettal smärta, Nacke, Skuldra, Neurogen smärta, Medicinsk rehabilitering, Arbetsterapi, Individuell ergonomisk rådgivning, Skuldergördels-höjar muskulaturen, Videofilmning
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-1995-5304
Journal: Work, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 173-183, 1995
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