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Reducing knee morbidity among carpetlayers.

Author(s) -

Shiro Tanaka,

S T Lee,

William Halperin,

Michael J. Thun,

Adam B. Smith

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.79.3.334

Subject(s) - medicine , unavailability , knee surgery , physical therapy , surgery , pathology , osteoarthritis , engineering , alternative medicine , reliability engineering

Carpetlayers have a high prevalence of occupational knee morbidity, partly attributable to their use of the knee kicker to stretch carpet for wall-to-wall installation. While a mechanical alternative "power stretcher" is available, knee kickers are still widely used. A questionnaire survey indicated that unavailability of the mechanical stretcher at installation sites was a major factor for continued use of the knee kicker. Strategies to reduce use of the knee kicker are discussed.

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