Disease relevance of Back Injuries

• Osteochondritis dissecans, tibial spine avulsions, peri-pelvic apophyseal avulsions, and back injuries are discussed [1].

High impact information on Back Injuries

• CONCLUSIONS: Severe head, neck, and back injury and frequency of sweating both in work and leisure activity showed a strong association with ALS [2].
• The current BLS Annual Survey of Occupational Illnesses and Injuries and several recent analyses of factors affecting missed worktime in occupational back injuries rely on ANSI-based injury codes derived from injury narratives to classify occupational injuries and estimate incidence and outcome [3].
• Data were collected on 228 consecutive back injuries in Boston's General Mail Facility and 228 non-injured controls drawn randomly from each case's work unit, matching on craft (clerk, mailhandler, maintenance), shift, and general supervisor [4].
• ANA launches back injury prevention campaign handle with care [5].
• New Hampshire workers who had an occupational back injury a year before the study were sampled from first reports of injury and sent a mailed survey about their postinjury experiences and related factors [6].

Chemical compound and disease context of Back Injuries

• Significant findings include major animal-related injury (61.5%), back injury (55%), necropsy injury (44.1%), adverse formalin exposure (40.2%), animal allergy (32.2%), zoonotic infection (30.2%), and insect allergy (14.2%) [7].
• The Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region developed a Back Injury Prevention Project (BIPP) to try to reduce the back injury rate among these groups [8].

Gene context of Back Injuries

• Capping comp costs. Back injuries send 80% of us for medical help [9].
• ACC and back injuries [10].
• In 1991 an RCN survey found back injury to be an ongoing problem, with a lack of training, assessment or proper care [11].
• Those employees unable to work in their usual positions are assigned to temporary modified jobs as part of the Light Duty Program. In 1986, following the institution of these two programs in the hospital, the cost of back injuries dramatically decreased to $72,296, a $200,000 drop, and the incidence per thousand employees fell to fifteen [12].
• The lift team method for reducing back injuries. A 10 hospital study [13].

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