Musculoskeletal Disorders and Associated Factors Among Nurses in Sri Lanka

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Introduction Work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) have significant impacts in labour intensive occupational groups. Lifting, moving, transferring and repositioning of patients and long hours spent standing during work makes nurses vulnerable to WMSDs

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Musculoskeletal disorders, associated factors, Nurses

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Warnakulasuriya, S., Jone, R. P., Wickramasinghe, A. R., & Sathiakumar, N. (2011). P2-547 Tile: musculoskeletal disorders and associated factors among nurses in Sri Lanka. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 65(Suppl 1), A372-A372.

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