title: Ergonomic factors contributing to back injury. Third in a series.
abstract: The last two articles in this series pointed out that back injuries do not occur overnight unless acute trauma occurs. Rather, they are the result of cumulative trauma--they develop gradually over a period of time. Even though back injuries appear to be related to a single event (i.e., "While lifting the patient up I felt my back pop."), they are actually related to repeated events that predispose a person's body to the final breakdown event.
authors.affiliation: Millard Fillmore Health, Education, and Research Foundation, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Caley
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Janiszewski
mesh_terms: D019567:Back Injuries; D017028:Caregivers; D006804:Ergonomics; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D017770:Lifting; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States