Comparison of ACGIH lifting threshold limit values to validated low back disorder lifting assessment methods outcomes.
BACKGROUND: Work-related low back pain (LBP) increases the workforce disability and healthcare costs. This study evaluated the LBD risk level associated with handling the ACGIH TLVs in lifting tasks corresponding to various horizontal and vertical zones. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compa...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 76; no. 3; pp. 1047 - 1061 |
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| Formato: | equations & formulas pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=173759253&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 173759253 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10519815 3RC jtl: Work issn: 10519815 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2023 vid: 76 iid: 3 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 173759253 163360541 173759253 173759253 10.3233/WOR-220436 173759253 ppf: 1047 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Comparison of ACGIH lifting threshold limit values to validated low back disorder lifting assessment methods outcomes. aug: au: Hafez, Khaled Jorgensen, Michael J. Amick, Ryan Z. affil: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia sug: subj: Low Back Pain Risk Factors Occupational Diseases Risk Factors Musculoskeletal Diseases Risk Factors Lifting Adverse Effects Lifting Evaluation Task Performance and Analysis Risk Assessment Methods Occupational Exposure Evaluation Ergonomics Evaluation Professional Organizations United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Prediction Models Human Comparative Studies United States Kendall's tau Correlation Coefficient Biomechanics Male Female Students, College Repeated Measures Factorial Design Young Adult Adult Goniometry Kinematics Scales Analysis of Variance Post Hoc Analysis Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Low Back Pain Prevention and Control Occupational Diseases Prevention and Control Musculoskeletal Diseases Prevention and Control Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: BACKGROUND: Work-related low back pain (LBP) increases the workforce disability and healthcare costs. This study evaluated the LBD risk level associated with handling the ACGIH TLVs in lifting tasks corresponding to various horizontal and vertical zones. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the low-risk ACGIH TLV to risk outcomes from various validated lifting assessment methods, including the OSU LBD Risk Model, NIOSH Lifting Equation, and LiFFT. METHODS: Twenty-four subjects were recruited for this study to perform various lifting conditions. The various ergonomic assessment methods were then used to obtain the risk assessment outcomes. RESULTS: The selected assessment methods showed that the ACGIH-defined TLVs are associated with less than high-risk for LBD for all the assessed tasks. The findings showed a moderate agreement (Kendall's W = 0.477) among the various assessment methods risk outcomes. The highest correlation (ρ= 0.886) was observed between the NIOSH Lifting Equation and LiFFT methods risk assessment outcomes. CONCLUSION: The findings showed that ACGIH-defined TLVs possesses less than high-risk for LBD. The outcomes of the selected ergonomic assessment methods moderately agree to each other. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: equations & formulas pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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