Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability in Sonographers: More Than an Ergonomic Issue
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Coombes, Brooke K
Thomas, Lucy
Johnston, Venerina
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Sonographers, compared with peer employees, are more likely to experience musculoskeletal pain, 1 a problem of substantial burden. A recent report showed that musculoskeletal symptoms resulted in $6.6 million in working days lost. 2 To inform the development of sonographer-targeted management strategies, in this study we aimed to examine (1) the 1-year prevalence and distribution of interfering musculoskeletal symptoms in the upper body in sonographers; (2) the association of individual, work-related, and psychosocial factors with the presence of multisite interfering symptoms; and (3) the severity of neck-related disability.
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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
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Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
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Xie, Y; Coombes, BK; Thomas, L; Johnston, V, Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability in Sonographers: More Than an Ergonomic Issue, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2020