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| Esa Pekka TakalaSummaryAffiliation: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Country: Finland Publications
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Systematic evaluation of observational methods assessing biomechanical exposures at workEsa Pekka Takala
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, FI 00250 Helsinki, Finland
Scand J Work Environ Health 36:3-24. 2010..This systematic review aimed to identify published observational methods assessing biomechanical exposures in occupational settings and evaluate them with reference to the needs of different users...- Effect of a participatory ergonomics intervention on psychosocial factors at work in a randomised controlled trialEija Haukka
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FI 00250, Helsinki, Finland
Occup Environ Med 67:170-7. 2010..To study the effect of a participatory ergonomics intervention on psychosocial factors among kitchen workers... - Expert assessment of physical ergonomics at video-display unit workstations: repeatability, validity and responsiveness to changesRitva Ketola
Department of Physiology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, 00250 Helsinki, Finland
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 77:437-42. 2004..The aim was to determine to what extent the expert assessment of ergonomics is related to the technical measurements, tidiness and space, work chair ergonomics and responds to changes in these characteristics... - Mental stress and psychosocial factors at work in relation to multiple-site musculoskeletal pain: a longitudinal study of kitchen workersEija Haukka
Centre of Expertise for Health and Work Ability, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FI 00250 Helsinki, Finland
Eur J Pain 15:432-8. 2011..In conclusion, we found that several psychosocial factors predicted MSP and that MSP predicted several psychosocial factors. The results suggest a cumulative process in which adverse psychosocial factors and MSP influence each other... - Proper manual handling techniques to prevent low back pain, a Cochrane Systematic ReviewJos H Verbeek
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, PO Box 310 70701 Kuopio, Finland
Work 41:2299-301. 2012..No study on treatment was found. None of the included RCTs and CCTs provided evidence that training and provision of assistive devices prevented LBP when compared to no intervention or another intervention... - Effect of training and lifting equipment for preventing back pain in lifting and handling: systematic reviewKari Pekka Martimo
Musculoskeletal Disorders Group, Centre of Expertise for Health and Work Ability, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
BMJ 336:429-31. 2008..To determine whether advice and training on working techniques and lifting equipment prevent back pain in jobs that involve heavy lifting... - The role of past and current strenuous physical work in the association between professional car driving and chronic low-back syndromes: a population-based studyLeena Kaila-Kangas
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 36:E734-40. 2011..Population-based cross-sectional study of clinically assessed low back syndromes... - Effectiveness of early part-time sick leave in musculoskeletal disordersKari Pekka Martimo
Team of Musculoskeletal Disorders, Centre of Expertise of Health and Work Ability, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, 00250 Helsinki, Finland
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 9:23. 2008.... - Manual material handling advice and assistive devices for preventing and treating back pain in workersJos H Verbeek
Occupational Safety and Health Review Group, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, PO Box 310, Kuopio, Finland, 70101
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 6:CD005958. 2011..Training and the provision of assistive devices are considered major interventions to prevent back pain and its related disability among workers exposed to manual material handling (MMH)... - Grip forces of the fingertipsJouni Freund
Department of Physiology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FIN 00250 Helsinki, Finland
Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 17:515-20. 2002..A model has been developed for the power grip on a cylindrical handle. The model gives estimates of the forces acting on the fingertips as functions of total grip force, diameter of the handle, and hand size... - Evaluation of a participatory ergonomic intervention process in kitchen workIrmeli Pehkonen
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FIN 00250 Helsinki, Finland
Appl Ergon 40:115-23. 2009..As hindering factors for implementation, lack of time and motivation, and insufficient financial resources were mentioned. In addition, the workers expressed a wish for more support from the management, technical staff, and ergonomists... - A video-based observation method to assess musculoskeletal load in kitchen workIrmeli Pehkonen
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
Int J Occup Saf Ergon 15:75-88. 2009..The method detected the changes in physical load due to the interventions. Direction of the changes corresponded with the expert assessments. Further development of the method is needed to assess the load on the hands and wrists... - A novel mathematical approach for modelling time-dependent musculoskeletal outcomes for office staffXiaoshu Lu
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FIN 00250 Helsinki, Finland
Stat Med 27:4549-68. 2008..The proposed methodology is a flexible and broadly applicable one, which can be utilized by a variety of medical research...