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WRMSD
work related musculoskeletal disorders
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Abduction
moving away from the midline of the body
Adduction
moving toward the midline of the body
WRMSD risk factors include:
physical, psychosocial, individual, and ergonomic
7 occupational risk factor that lead to WRMSDs
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Repetative activities, forceful activities, static muscle load, bad body posture,
mechanical stress, vibration, and cold
Percentage of sonographers that scan in pain
90%
Area where most people experience pain and injury
shoulders
WRMSD symptoms start in sonographers.....
15% within 6 months from the start of employement
45% within 3 years
72% within 10 years
Percentage of shoulder injuries
84%
Percentage of neck injuries
83%
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Percentage of wrist injuries
61%
Percentage of back injuries
58%
Percentage of hand injuries
56%
When scanning, elbows should be at what degree?
90 degree angle and close to the body
Maximum degrees of your arm extending when scanning
30 degrees
MSI
muscular skeletal injury
RMI
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repetative motion injury
RSI
repetative strain injury
CTD
cumulative trauma disorder
supine
lying on the back
prone
lying on the stomach
decubitus
lying on the side
(RLD) right lateral decubitus
lying on the right side