Sökning: "Musculoskeletal injury"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 27 avhandlingar innehållade orden Musculoskeletal injury.
1. Back and neck pain: Patterns in healthcare consultations
Sammanfattning : Musculoskeletal disorders are very common and affects the individual by pain and functional impairment, and the society through work disability and healthcare utilisation. To what extent is less studied. Routinely collected healthcare registers is a potential resource for epidemiological studies of musculoskeletal disorders. LÄS MER
2. System analysis of kitesurfing : Understanding performance and injury risk for on-water board sports
Sammanfattning : Board sports are examples of sports where the interaction of the task, environment and the athlete are essential. As for other sports, there are injuries and other issues associated with these sports, which affect performance and that can be avoided by proper preparation and well- designed equipment. LÄS MER
3. Explaining occupational disorders and work ability among home care workers
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate what factors and conditions contribute to explain the incidences of reported occupational disorders (occupational injuries and work-related diseases and symptoms) and work ability (long-term work ability, long-term sick leave and disability pension) among home care workers (HCWs).Factors at three levels were investigated in this thesis: the macro-organisational level, the workplace level and the individual level. LÄS MER
4. System Analysis of Kitesurfing: Understanding Performance and Injury Risk for On-water Board Sports
Sammanfattning : The interaction of the task, environment and the athlete are essential for the performance of on-water board sports. This licentiate thesis presents three studies and a system analysis with the aim of increasing the general understanding of the interaction between factors influencing performance and injury risk of kitesurfing. LÄS MER
5. The Adoption of Ergonomic Innovations for Injury Prevention : Examples from the building construction and health care industries
Sammanfattning : A good work environment is important for the individual, for industry and for society. The work environment research has, predominantly, targeted identification of problems and the measurement of the size of these problems. LÄS MER