Occupational Physiotherapy for Shift Workers Who Perferm Repetitive Upper Body Movements
Kuoppala, Jasper (2018)
Kuoppala, Jasper
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018082714669
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018082714669
Tiivistelmä
The aim of this thesis was to create an informational pamphlet for shift workers who perform repetitive upper body movements. The information in the pamphlet is evi-dence-based knowledge that derives from the material in the literature review section of this thesis.
The objective of this pamphlet was to give employers and employees evidence-based information on work related physical and psychosocial loading factors. This information relates to workability, health promotion and prevention.
The theoretical section of this thesis was a literature review of the effects of loading factors on workers. The loading factors investigated are both physical and psychosocial. Examples of these are shift work, excessive workloads, repetitive movements, sitting for prolonged periods and lifting heavy loads. The literature review also investigate scientific articles on the prevention of symptoms that arise from these loading factors. These scientific articles were freely available from search engines, Med-line/Pubmed, Google Scholar and SAMK Finna. Articles that were not freely available were obtained from the authors themselves.
The qualitative section of this thesis was done by doing interviews of blackjack croupiers in Finland. Questions were based off of the theoretical section, including subjects such as workability, shift work, sitting and standing, repetitive movements, and workplace prevention.
The objective of this pamphlet was to give employers and employees evidence-based information on work related physical and psychosocial loading factors. This information relates to workability, health promotion and prevention.
The theoretical section of this thesis was a literature review of the effects of loading factors on workers. The loading factors investigated are both physical and psychosocial. Examples of these are shift work, excessive workloads, repetitive movements, sitting for prolonged periods and lifting heavy loads. The literature review also investigate scientific articles on the prevention of symptoms that arise from these loading factors. These scientific articles were freely available from search engines, Med-line/Pubmed, Google Scholar and SAMK Finna. Articles that were not freely available were obtained from the authors themselves.
The qualitative section of this thesis was done by doing interviews of blackjack croupiers in Finland. Questions were based off of the theoretical section, including subjects such as workability, shift work, sitting and standing, repetitive movements, and workplace prevention.