title: [Insurance coverage in repetitive strain injury of the upper limbs as provided by the National Insurance Institute for Occupational Diseases].
abstract: A brief outline is given of the current status of the insurance "coverage" provided by INAIL for WMSDs. In breach of a specific European Union recommendation, in Italy various WMSDs can be recognised as occupational only based upon sentence No 179/88 of the Constitutional Court, since such disorders are not included in the list attached to DPR law 336/94. At present, during the period 1990-95, INAIL awarded indemnities in only a handful of cases. Details are provided concerning the evidence that must be submitted in the specific case of claims pertaining to suspected occupational diseases. The authors discuss the problems associated with quantifying injuries for the purposes of claiming indemnities for work-related musculo-skeletal disorders.
authors.affiliation: Patronato INCA, Roma.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bracci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bottazzi
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders; D006801:Humans; D007343:Insurance Carriers / Q000592:standards*; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards*; D007558:Italy; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases; D009784:Occupational Diseases
vernacular_title: Aspetti assicurativi nelle patologie da movimenti ripetitivi degli arti superiori in ambiente INAIL.