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Occupational repetition strain injuries
Author(s) -
Browne Christopher D.,
Nolan Bernard M.,
Faithfull Donald K.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1984.tb104085.x
Subject(s) - terminology , repetition (rhetorical device) , medicine , occupational safety and health , government (linguistics) , epidemiology , injury prevention , medical emergency , poison control , environmental health , pathology , philosophy , linguistics
Occupational repetition strain injuries (RSI) are a major, unchecked source of disability in industry and commerce, and have considerable social and economic consequences. The long‐term morbidity associated with these injuries is preventable, but a coordinated approach to awareness, diagnosis, management, and prevention has been lacking. Confusing diagnostic terminology on medical certificates makes it difficult to obtain accurate data on the incidence and prevalence of different types of reptition injury. The terminology in use at present includes RSI, “tenosynovitis” and “overuse injury”. Uniformity of diagnosis on an anatomical basis in relation to repetition or static load would greatly assist in epidemiological study, and improve notification and the impact of prevention programmes. Therefore, the Occupational Repetition Strain Injuries Advisory Committee, which was convened by the Division of Occupational Health, New South Wales Government Department of Industrial Relations, has prepared a set of guidelines for the diagnosis and management of these injuries.