The activation of mechanisms linking judgements of work design and management with musculoskeletal pain
Griffiths, Amanda ; Cox, Tom ; Randall, Raymond ; Welsh, Claire
2002
45
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13-31
activation ; body mechanics ; ergonomic evaluation ; job analysis ; musculoskeletal diseases ; stress evaluation ; upper extremity disorders ; work design ; work study
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD)
English
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"The report of work-related musculoskeletal pain may be related to worker evaluations of the design and management of work through two mechanisms: one biomechanical and the other stress-related. This study of engineering workers (n = 204) explored the validity of these mechanisms using sequential logistic regression. Analyses suggested that workers' ratings of the adequacy of the design and management of their work were related to their report of work-related musculoskeletal pain. However, the mechanisms appeared to be activated in certain conditions. The reporting of pain in the upper body was both biomechanically- and stress-related, whereas that in the lower body was only biomechanically-related. It is argued that the mechanism activated appeared to be determined by the anatomical location of the pain, and probably the variance shared between the different aspects of work design and management, on the one hand, and the mechanical load of the job, on the other."
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