Objective. To determine if a job-specifi c pre-employment functional assessment (PEFA) predicts musculoskeletal injury risk in healthy mineworkers. Summary of Background Data. Traditional methods of pre-employment screening, including radiography and medical screenings, are not valid predictors of occupational musculoskeletal injury risk. Short-form job-specifi c functional capacity evaluations are increasing in popularity, despite limited evidence of their ability to predict injury risk in healthy workers. Methods. Participants were recruited from an Australian coal mine between 2002 and 2009 as part of the hiring process. At baseline, participants were screened with the JobFit System PEFA, and classifi ed as PEFA 1 if they met job demands...
Many workers who engage in manual material handling (MMH) jobs experience high physical demands that...
Objective: To evaluate the quality of Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) information in predicting...
There is a large and increasing incidence of work-related muscoloskeletal disorders, both upper extr...
Abstract Background There is a strong focus in almost all developed countries, particularly over the...
Functional capacity testing in the pre-employment or post-offer phase of recruitment is increasing i...
BACKGROUND:Paramedic work has periods of intermittent high physical demand, a risk of workplace inju...
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) account for more than 350,000 occupational illnesses a...
Physicians, employers, insurers, and benefits adjudicators often rely upon functional ca-pacity eval...
The ergonomics and environment factors have been the core issue for the mining industry for many yea...
Functional testing has traditionally been the realm of therapists involved in end-stage rehabilitati...
PURPOSE: The purpose was to increase job-specific knowledge about individual and work-related factor...
The objective of this prospective study was to investigate the usefulness of the Ãrebro Musculoskele...
Background: Disability associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders is an increasingly ser...
Musculoskeletal pain is caused by risk factors for acquiring pain and prognostic factors for the per...
International audienceThis study assessed the relationships of job tasks and living conditions with ...
Many workers who engage in manual material handling (MMH) jobs experience high physical demands that...
Objective: To evaluate the quality of Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) information in predicting...
There is a large and increasing incidence of work-related muscoloskeletal disorders, both upper extr...
Abstract Background There is a strong focus in almost all developed countries, particularly over the...
Functional capacity testing in the pre-employment or post-offer phase of recruitment is increasing i...
BACKGROUND:Paramedic work has periods of intermittent high physical demand, a risk of workplace inju...
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) account for more than 350,000 occupational illnesses a...
Physicians, employers, insurers, and benefits adjudicators often rely upon functional ca-pacity eval...
The ergonomics and environment factors have been the core issue for the mining industry for many yea...
Functional testing has traditionally been the realm of therapists involved in end-stage rehabilitati...
PURPOSE: The purpose was to increase job-specific knowledge about individual and work-related factor...
The objective of this prospective study was to investigate the usefulness of the Ãrebro Musculoskele...
Background: Disability associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders is an increasingly ser...
Musculoskeletal pain is caused by risk factors for acquiring pain and prognostic factors for the per...
International audienceThis study assessed the relationships of job tasks and living conditions with ...
Many workers who engage in manual material handling (MMH) jobs experience high physical demands that...
Objective: To evaluate the quality of Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) information in predicting...
There is a large and increasing incidence of work-related muscoloskeletal disorders, both upper extr...