Barbara A Silverstein

..The aim of this study was to reduce the physical load on coffee-harvesting workers while maintaining productivity...

..The aim of this study was to assess prevalence, incidence, and persistence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and associated symptoms over a one-year period in a working population...

..The aim was to explore whether "adjustment" for gender masks important exposure differences between men and women in a study of rotator cuff syndrome (RCS) and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and work exposures...

..To identify factors associated with rotator cuff syndrome (RCS) among active workers...

..This study assessed the prevalence, incidence, and persistence of nontraumatic rotator cuff tendinitis and shoulder symptoms over a 1-year period in a working population and the predictive value of symptoms and physical findings...

..This study examined the claim incidence rate, cost, and industry distribution of work-related upper extremity disorders in Washington...

..Workers with depression and frequent mental distress (FMD) have lost work productivity. Limited systematic comparisons exist for the prevalence of depression and FMD across occupational groups...

..Lateral epicondylitis is a common work-related musculoskeletal disorder. The objective of this study was to identify risk factors associated with lateral epicondylitis among active workers...

..2, and 0.3/0.3, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The QuickDASH scores were responsive to changes among active workers who were neck or UEMSD symptomatic or clinical case. PCS12 scores were sufficient only for use in clinical case status change...

..Hand symptom diagrams (HSDs) for rating the distribution of paraesthesias are proposed for use in epidemiological studies of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)...

..The QuickDASH disability scores were moderately correlated with the PCS-12 scores (rho=-0.40) among the clinical cases. Either QuickDASH or PCS-12 can be used as a simple surveillance tool in an active working population...

..Workers in the United States with limited English proficiency likely perform more hazardous work, experience higher rates of work-related injury and illness, and have worse disability outcomes...

..The purpose of this study is to compare the workers' compensation experience of a large cohort of temporary agency employed workers with those in standard forms of employment...

..We quantified the underreporting of work-related injury or illness to workers' compensation (WC)...

..The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the psychosocial concepts of the demand-control model and the incidence of shoulder symptoms in a working population...

..To test the inter-rater reliability of physical examinations for upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders...

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..This study examines workers compensation claims in Washington State to provide baseline data from which to assess the need and the effects of prevention activities...

..This study compares construction industry groups in Washington State by injury severity and cost, and ranks industry groups according to potential for prevention...

..Evaluating the implementation of this rule offers a unique opportunity to observe the general deterrent effect of a new public health regulation and to study how employers and workers responded to new requirements...

..40]). CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest social integration and work organization issues may be more important predictors of back and shoulder injuries in nursing assistants than reported resident characteristics as measured by the MDS...

..Instructions to the subjects about force matching estimation were important to the accuracy and consistency of the estimated forces. Estimation in force matching might depend on perceptions of several major muscle activities...

..The information in this report can be used to guide prevention efforts and to evaluate the effectiveness of Washington state initiatives to reduce injury and illness rates in wood frame construction...

..The objective of this study was to identify high-risk industry groups for effective allocation of occupational safety and health prevention and research resources...

..The post-claim earnings of a cohort of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) claimants are tracked over a period of 6 years and compared to the earnings of claimants with either upper extremity fractures or dermatitis...

..59, CI 1.01-2.49) were associated with disorders in the nondominant hand. These findings show moderate to good inter-rater agreement and significant relationships to health outcomes for the identified measures...

..Some SI computation methods may tend to over-estimate job risk levels, while others may tend to under-estimate job risk levels, due to different ways used in obtaining the various SI parameters and computations...

..Those with no previous ergonomics training had a greater increase in their knowledge than those who had some ergonomics training in the past...

..We examined the disparities in health-care coverage between low- and high-income workers in Washington State (WA) to provide support for possible policy decisions for uninsured workers...

..Several industries (e.g., roofing, foundries, and aluminum smelting) were identified as priorities for prevention of burn hospitalizations, which incur the greater cost and time loss...

..To characterize accepted workers' compensation claims for needlestick injuries filed by healthcare workers (HCWs) in non-hospital compared with hospital settings in Washington State...

..Evidence is continuing to build that demonstrates combinations of measures appear to have the greatest effect in reducing WMSDs, although individual engineering and administrative controls can also have positive effects...

..We were unable to identify an association between consultation activities and decreasing claims rates...

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