Advanced search
Publication Cover
Ergonomics Volume 51, 2008 - Issue 7
Submit an article Journal homepage
1,158
Views
51
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Low back injury risk during repositioning of patients in bed: the influence of handling technique, patient weight and disability

J. Skotte National Research Centre for the Working Environment, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
&
N. Fallentin National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
Pages 1042-1052 | Published online: 19 Jun 2008

Citations (51)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (5)

O. Menoni, M. Tasso, R. Manno & N. Battevi. (2022) Application of MAPO (Movement and Assistance of Hospitalized Patients) method in hospitals and nursing homes: frequency of manual patient handling-part 2. Ergonomics 65:9, pages 1215-1229.
Read now
Svein Barene, Andreas Holtermann, Harald Oseland, Ole-Lars Brekke & Peter Krustrup. (2016) Effects on muscle strength, maximal jump height, flexibility and postural sway after soccer and Zumba exercise among female hospital employees: a 9-month randomised controlled trial. Journal of Sports Sciences 34:19, pages 1849-1858.
Read now
Annalee Yassi & Karen Lockhart. (2013) Work-relatedness of low back pain in nursing personnel: a systematic review. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 19:3, pages 223-244.
Read now
MichaelW.R. Holmes, JoanneN. Hodder & PeterJ. Keir. (2010) Continuous assessment of low back loads in long-term care nurses. Ergonomics 53:9, pages 1108-1116.
Read now
JoanneN. Hodder, MichaelW.R. Holmes & PeterJ. Keir. (2010) Continuous assessment of work activities and posture in long-term care nurses. Ergonomics 53:9, pages 1097-1107.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (46)

Jacob J. Banks, Jie Zhou, Chelsea O. Riehle & Neal E. Wiggermann. (2024) Biomechanical stresses on healthcare workers during manual patient bed-to-chair transfers. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 101, pages 103584.
Crossref
Wenbing Zhao, Jinsai Cheng, Tao Shen & Xiong Luo. (2023) Towards a Safety Culture in Workplaces: Intelligent Rest Breaks and Social Support. Towards a Safety Culture in Workplaces: Intelligent Rest Breaks and Social Support.
Daphne C. Ho, Dianne Tolgyesi, Cheryl Beech & Steven L. Fischer. (2023) Identifying the critical physically demanding tasks performed by personal support workers in Canada. Applied Ergonomics 112, pages 104069.
Crossref
Katharine Johnson, Paul Swinton, Anastasia Pavlova & Kay Cooper. (2023) Manual patient handling in the healthcare setting: a scoping review. Physiotherapy 120, pages 60-77.
Crossref
Hazem M. Alkosha, Mo'men I.R. Mohammed & Mohamed M. Amen. (2023) Risk Assessment and Prevalence of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Cranial and Spinal Neurosurgeons. World Neurosurgery 176, pages e151-e161.
Crossref
Shantanu A. Satpute, Jorge Luis Candiotti, Jonathan A. Duvall, Hailee Kulich, Rosemarie Cooper, Garrett G. Grindle, Benjamin Gebrosky, Josh Brown, Ian Eckstein, Sivashankar Sivakanthan, Nikitha Deepak, Joshua Kanode & Rory A. Cooper. (2023) Participatory Action Design and Engineering of Powered Personal Transfer System for Wheelchair Users: Initial Design and Assessment. Sensors 23:12, pages 5540.
Crossref
Mitchelle J.J. Law, Mohamad Ikhwan Zaini Ridzwan, Zaidi Mohd Ripin, Intan Juliana Abd Hamid, Kim Sooi Law, Jeevinthiran Karunagaran & Yusuf Cajee. (2022) REBA assessment of patient transfer work using sliding board and Motorized Patient Transfer Device. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 90, pages 103322.
Crossref
Markus D. Jakobsen, Jonas Vinstrup & Lars L. Andersen. (2022) Factors associated with high physical exertion during healthcare work: Cross-sectional study among healthcare workers. Work 71:4, pages 881-888.
Crossref
Neal Wiggermann, Jie Zhou & Nancy McGann. (2020) Effect of Repositioning Aids and Patient Weight on Biomechanical Stresses When Repositioning Patients in Bed. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 63:4, pages 565-577.
Crossref
Nils Lahmann. (2021) Psychometric testing and evaluation of user acceptance of an automatic lateral turning device for the prevention of pressure ulcers. Journal of Tissue Viability 30:2, pages 216-221.
Crossref
Noura Amini Pay, Carolyn M. Sommerich & Steven A. Lavender. (2021) Assessment of alternative methods for informal caregivers to perform patient repositioning tasks. Applied Ergonomics 93, pages 103360.
Crossref
Deborah Alperovitch-Najenson, Chava Weiner, Joseph Ribak & Leonid Kalichman. (2019) Sliding Sheet Use in Nursing Practice: An Intervention Study. Workplace Health & Safety 68:4, pages 171-181.
Crossref
Aleksandra R. Budarick, Uma Lad & Steven L. Fischer. (2019) Can the Use of Turn-Assist Surfaces Reduce the Physical Burden on Caregivers When Performing Patient Turning?. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 62:1, pages 77-92.
Crossref
Andersen, Vinstrup, Villadsen, Jay & Jakobsen. (2019) Physical and Psychosocial Work Environmental Risk Factors for Back Injury among Healthcare Workers: Prospective Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16:22, pages 4528.
Crossref
Jie Zhou*Neal Wiggermann. (2019) Physical Stresses on Caregivers when Pulling Patients Up in Bed: Effect of Repositioning Aids and Patient Weight. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 63:1, pages 1057-1061.
Crossref
Jaejin Hwang, Veera Aneesh Kuppam, Subhramanya Suryanarayana Raju Chodraju, Jie Chen & Jeong Ho Kim. (2019) Commercially Available Friction-Reducing Patient-Transfer Devices Reduce Biomechanical Stresses on Caregivers’ Upper Extremities and Low Back. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 61:7, pages 1125-1140.
Crossref
Yuka Omura, Yuki Yamagami, Yutaka Hirota, Eiji Nakatani, Tomomi Tsujimoto & Tomoko Inoue. (2019) Evaluation of the effectiveness of the sliding sheet in repositioning care in terms of working time and subjective fatigue: A comparative study with an experimental design. International Journal of Nursing Studies 99, pages 103389.
Crossref
Ashley L. Schoenfisch, Kristen L. Kucera, Hester J. Lipscomb, Jennifer McIlvaine, Lori Becherer, Tamara James & Susan Avent. (2019) Use of Assistive Devices to Lift, Transfer, and Reposition Hospital Patients. Nursing Research 68:1, pages 3-12.
Crossref
Ruoliang Tang, Margaret Holland, Michelle Milbauer, Elise Olson, Janelle Skora, Jay M. Kapellusch & Arun Garg. (2018) Biomechanical Evaluations of Bed-to-Wheelchair Transfer: Gait Belt Versus Walking Belt. Workplace Health & Safety 66:8, pages 384-392.
Crossref
Markus D. Jakobsen, Emil Sundstrup, Mikkel Brandt & Lars L. Andersen. (2018) Effect of physical exercise on musculoskeletal pain in multiple body regions among healthcare workers: Secondary analysis of a cluster randomized controlled trial. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice 34, pages 89-96.
Crossref
Alicia L. Nadon, Alan C. Cudlip & Clark R. Dickerson. (2018) Joint moment loading interplay between the shoulders and the low back during patient handling in nurses. Occupational Ergonomics 13, pages 81-90.
Crossref
M. D. Jakobsen, E. Sundstrup, M. Brandt & L. L. Andersen. (2016) Factors affecting pain relief in response to physical exercise interventions among healthcare workers. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 27:12, pages 1854-1863.
Crossref
Jonas Vinstrup, Pascal Madeleine, Markus Due Jakobsen, Kenneth Jay & Lars Louis Andersen. (2017) Patient Transfers and Risk of Back Injury: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study With Technical Measurements of Exposure. JMIR Research Protocols 6:11, pages e212.
Crossref
Neal Wiggermann. (2017) Relationship Between Anthropometric Attributes and Space Required to Turn from Supine to Side Lying. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 61:1, pages 1022-1025.
Crossref
Bettina Wulff Risør, Sven Dalgas Casper, Lars Louis Andersen & Jan Sørensen. (2017) A multi-component patient-handling intervention improves attitudes and behaviors for safe patient handling and reduces aggression experienced by nursing staff: A controlled before-after study. Applied Ergonomics 60, pages 74-82.
Crossref
Chava Weiner, Leonid Kalichman, Joseph Ribak & Deborah Alperovitch-Najenson. (2017) Repositioning a passive patient in bed: Choosing an ergonomically advantageous assistive device. Applied Ergonomics 60, pages 22-29.
Crossref
Kermit G. Davis, Susan E. Kotowski & Matthew T. Coombs. (2017) Stopping the Slide. Journal of Nursing Care Quality 32:1, pages E11-E19.
Crossref
Markus D. Jakobsen, Birgit Aust, Johnny Dyreborg, Pete Kines, Maja B. Illum & Lars L. Andersen. (2016) Participatory organizational intervention for improved use of assistive devices for patient transfer: study protocol for a single-blinded cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 17:1.
Crossref
Neal Wiggermann. (2015) Biomechanical Evaluation of a Bed Feature to Assist in Turning and Laterally Repositioning Patients. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 58:5, pages 748-757.
Crossref
David W. Bacharach, Kyle Miller & Serge P. von Duvillard. (2016) Saving your back. Nursing 46:1, pages 59-64.
Crossref
Somchai A.L. Enoi, Rosmawati Binti Ismail & Asri Bin Mat Desa. (2015) Designing a Smart Transfer Patient Bed. Designing a Smart Transfer Patient Bed.
Chava Weiner, Deborah Alperovitch-Najenson, Joseph Ribak & Leonid Kalichman. (2015) Prevention of Nurses’ Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Resulting From Repositioning Patients in Bed. Workplace Health & Safety 63:5, pages 226-232.
Crossref
Guy Fragala. (2015) Bed care for patients in palliative settings: considering risks to caregivers and bed surfaces. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 21:2, pages 66-70.
Crossref
Markus D. Jakobsen, Emil Sundstrup, Mikkel Brandt, Kenneth Jay, Per Aagaard & Lars L. Andersen. (2015) Effect of Workplace- versus Home-Based Physical Exercise on Muscle Response to Sudden Trunk Perturbation among Healthcare Workers: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. BioMed Research International 2015, pages 1-11.
Crossref
Douglas Reis Abdalla, Fábio Sisconeto de Freitas, João Paulo Chieregato Matheus, Isabel Aparecida Porcatti de Walsh & Dernival Bertoncello. (2014) Postural biomechanical risks for nursing workersRiscos biomecânicos posturais em trabalhadores de enfermagem. Fisioterapia em Movimento 27:3, pages 421-427.
Crossref
Guy Fragala & Maren Fragala. (2014) Improving the Safety of Patient Turning and Repositioning Tasks for Caregivers. Workplace Health & Safety 62:7, pages 268-273.
Crossref
Guy Fragala & Maren Fragala. (2014) Improving the Safety of Patient Turning and Repositioning Tasks for Caregivers. Workplace Health & Safety 62:7, pages 268-273.
Crossref
M. Jäger, C. Jordan, A. Theilmeier, N. Wortmann, S. Kuhn, A. Nienhaus & A. Luttmann. (2014) Analyse der Lumbalbelastung beim manuellen Bewegen von Patienten zur Prävention biomechanischer Überlastungen von Beschäftigten im GesundheitswesenLumbar-load analysis of manual patient-handling activities for biomechanical overload prevention among healthcare workers. Zentralblatt für Arbeitsmedizin, Arbeitsschutz und Ergonomie 64:2, pages 98-112.
Crossref
. (2012) Lumbar-Load Analysis of Manual Patient-Handling Activities for Biomechanical Overload Prevention Among Healthcare Workers. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene.
Crossref
Susan E. Kotowski, Kermit G. Davis, Neal Wiggermann & Rachel Williamson. (2013) Quantification of Patient Migration in Bed. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55:1, pages 36-47.
Crossref
Yu Wu, Dong-Yun Gu & Jian-He Wei. 2013. Intelligent Robotics and Applications. Intelligent Robotics and Applications 273 283 .
Ashley L. Schoenfisch, Lisa A. Pompeii, Douglas J. Myers, Tamara James, Yeu-Li Yeung, Ethan Fricklas, Marissa Pentico & Hester J. Lipscomb. (2011) Objective measures of adoption of patient lift and transfer devices to reduce nursing staff injuries in the hospital setting. American Journal of Industrial Medicine 54:12, pages 935-945.
Crossref
Guy Fragala. (2011) Facilitating Repositioning in Bed. AAOHN Journal 59:2, pages 63-68.
Crossref
Guy Fragala. (2011) Facilitating Repositioning in Bed. AAOHN Journal 59:2, pages 63-68.
Crossref
Andreas Holtermann, Marie B Jørgensen, Bibi Gram, Jeanette R Christensen, Anne Faber, Kristian Overgaard, John Ektor-Andersen, Ole S Mortensen, Gisela Sjøgaard & Karen Søgaard. (2010) Worksite interventions for preventing physical deterioration among employees in job-groups with high physical work demands: Background, design and conceptual model of FINALE. BMC Public Health 10:1.
Crossref
J.N. Hodder, S.N. MacKinnon, A. Ralhan & P.J. Keir. (2010) Effects of training and experience on patient transfer biomechanics. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics 40:3, pages 282-288.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.