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Evaluation of a training program for the prevention of lower back pain among hospital employees
Author(s) -
Fanello S.,
Jousset N.,
Roquelaure Y.,
ChotardFrampas V.,
Delbos V.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2002.00098.x
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , human factors and ergonomics , medicine , back pain , training (meteorology) , low back pain , physical therapy , nursing , occupational safety and health , poison control , medical emergency , alternative medicine , social science , physics , pathology , sociology , meteorology
An evaluation of a training program for the prevention of lower back pain (LBP) was conducted over a two‐year period in the Regional Hospital of Le Mans, which is located in the west of France and employs 2400 staff. The training program was based on a multidisciplinary approach to worker training in the prevention of LBP and in ergonomic efforts in the workplace. Workers received theoretical training on LBP, patient handling and ergonomics, and on‐the‐job ergonomics instruction to help them to implement participative ergonomics in their working groups. A cohort of 136 employees attended classes on safe posture and patient handling, then received advice from instructors who observed them while they performed their typical workday tasks.