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BEATRIZ RODRIGUEZ DIEZ-CABALLERO
Universidad Catolica de Valencia - San Carlos Borromeo
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8793-0179
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Background : Musculoskeletal Diseases (MSDs) are among the most prevalent health problems encountered in the workforce in Europe. Multiple risk factors contribute to their onset. In the present study, different individual risk factors for MSDs affecting the shoulder were analysed in a sample of workers from the automotive manufacturing sector.
Methods: An observational retrospective study was conducted with 73 cases of officially recognised occupational diseases and 94 cases of healthy workers. The experimental group comprised individuals with shoulder impingement disease. Another group of healthy individuals working in the same jobs was included as a control group. Multiple variables that identified the risks present in the job were assessed along with participants´ evaluation of said risks. Furthermore, two standardised information sources: the Spanish National Institute of Social Security (INSS) and the American Occupational Information Network (O*Net), were used to evaluate the risk factors present in each job. Both descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses were performed.
Results: The use of hand tools, exposure to mechanical pressure in the upper limbs and awkward postures were the most prevalent risk factors. The multivariate analysis revealed that pressure on the palm of the hand and the hand tool impacting the hand were the most important risk factors, alongside handling loads and certain awkward postures. Longer exposure times also increased the risk of injury, as did psychosocial factors such as lack of autonomy and mental workload.
Conclusions: Both ergonomic and psychosocial factors were present and increased the risk of developing occupational diseases of the shoulder in this sample of workers. Greater knowledge of how risk factors interact would facilitate the design of better preventive workplace strategies.
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Occupational diseases, Risk factors, Overuse injuries, Shoulder impingement syndrome, Automotive industry
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BEATRIZ RODRIGUEZ DIEZ-CABALLERO
Universidad Catolica de Valencia - San Carlos Borromeo
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8793-0179
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On 19 Nov, 2020
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On 28 Sep, 2020
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Received 05 Aug, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 25 Jul, 2020
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Background : Musculoskeletal Diseases (MSDs) are among the most prevalent health problems encountered in the workforce in Europe. Multiple risk factors contribute to their onset. In the present study, different individual risk factors for MSDs affecting the shoulder were analysed in a sample of workers from the automotive manufacturing sector.
Methods: An observational retrospective study was conducted with 73 cases of officially recognised occupational diseases and 94 cases of healthy workers. The experimental group comprised individuals with shoulder impingement disease. Another group of healthy individuals working in the same jobs was included as a control group. Multiple variables that identified the risks present in the job were assessed along with participants´ evaluation of said risks. Furthermore, two standardised information sources: the Spanish National Institute of Social Security (INSS) and the American Occupational Information Network (O*Net), were used to evaluate the risk factors present in each job. Both descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses were performed.
Results: The use of hand tools, exposure to mechanical pressure in the upper limbs and awkward postures were the most prevalent risk factors. The multivariate analysis revealed that pressure on the palm of the hand and the hand tool impacting the hand were the most important risk factors, alongside handling loads and certain awkward postures. Longer exposure times also increased the risk of injury, as did psychosocial factors such as lack of autonomy and mental workload.
Conclusions: Both ergonomic and psychosocial factors were present and increased the risk of developing occupational diseases of the shoulder in this sample of workers. Greater knowledge of how risk factors interact would facilitate the design of better preventive workplace strategies.
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