Exposure Assessment of Upper Limb Repetitive Movements : A Consensus Document

Abstract

This consensus document, while taking into consideration the most recent and significant contributions in the literature, intends to supply a set of definitions, criteria, and procedures useful to describe and, wherever possible, to assess the work conditions that can represent a physical overload for the dïfferent structures and segments of the upper limbs. The consequences of physical overload are represented by work-related musculoskeletal disorders (Hagberg et al. 1995). The document is aimed at all the operators, i.e. occupational doctors but mainly technicians, who are, or will be, involved in the prevention of work-related upper limbs musculoskeletal disorders