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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1998. Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Review of the Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6309.
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Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders:

A Review of the Evidence

Steering Committee for the Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: The Research Base

Committee on Human Factors

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

National Research Council

National Academy Press
Washington, DC
1998

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1998. Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Review of the Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6309.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1998. Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Review of the Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6309.
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Steering Committee for the Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: The Research Base

RICHARD PEW (Cochair), Independent Consultant,

Cambridge, Massachusetts

COLIN DRURY (Cochair),

Department of Industrial Engineering, State University of New York, Buffalo

GUNNAR ANDERSSON,

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

THOMAS ARMSTRONG,

Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

DAVID CORDRAY,

Department of Psychology and Human Development and Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, Vanderbilt University

MARK CULLEN,

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program, Yale University School of Medicine

BARUCH FISCHHOFF,

Department of Social and Decision Sciences and Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

WILLIAM HOWELL, Liaison,

Committee on Human Factors;

Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe

WILLIAM MARRAS,

Institute for Ergonomics, Ohio State University

DAVID VLAHOV,

Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University

ANNE MAVOR, Study Director

JAMES McGEE, Senior Research Associate

SUSAN McCUTCHEN, Senior Project Assistant

ALEXANDRA WIGDOR, Director,

Division on Education, Labor, and Human Performance

SUSAN COKE, Administrative Associate,

Division on Education, Labor, and Human Performance

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1998. Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Review of the Evidence. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6309.
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Committee on Human Factors

WILLIAM C. HOWELL (Chair),

Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe

TERRY CONNOLLY,

Department of Management and Policy, College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona, Tucson

COLIN G. DRURY,

Industrial Engineering Department, University of Buffalo, New York

MARTHA GRABOWSKI,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and LeMoyne College

DANIEL R. ILGEN,

Department of Psychology and Department of Management, Michigan State University

RICHARD J. JAGACINSKI,

Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus

LAWRENCE R. JAMES,

Department of Management, University of Tennessee

BONNIE E. JOHN,

Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

TOM B. LEAMON,

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety and Health, Hopkinton, Massachusetts

DAVID C. NAGEL,

AT&T Laboratories, Basking Ridge, New Jersey

KARLENE ROBERTS,

Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

LAWRENCE W. STARK,

School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley

KIM J. VICENTE,

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada

EARL L. WIENER,

Department of Management Science, University of Miami

GREG L. ZACHARIAS,

Charles River Analytics, Cambridge, Massachusetts

ANNE MAVOR, Director

JERRY KIDD, Senior Adviser

SUSAN McCUTCHEN, Senior Project Assistant

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Acknowledgments

This report has been reviewed by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the Report Review Committee of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the authors and the NRC in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The content of the review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.

We wish to thank the following individuals, who are neither officials nor employees of the NRC, for their participation in the review of this report: Peter C. Amadio, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; David R. Challoner, Institute for Science and Health Policy, University of Florida; Richard Deyo, University of Washington Health Science Center; Michael Feuerstein, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Georgetown University School of Medicine; Mark D. Grabiner, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Jay S. Himmelstein, Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Frederick Mosteller, Department of Statistics (emeritus), Harvard University; Dorothy P. Rice, School of Nursing (emeritus), University of California, San Francisco; Stover H. Snook, Harvard School of Public Health; and Laura W. Welch, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.

Although the individuals listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, responsibility for the final content of this report rests solely with the authoring committee and the NRC.

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In May 1998 the National Institutes of Health asked the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council to assemble a group of experts to examine the scientific literature relevant to work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the lower back, neck, and upper extremities. A steering committee was convened to design a workshop, to identify leading researchers on the topic to participate, and to prepare a report based on the workshop discussions and their own expertise. In addition, the steering committee was asked to address, to the extent possible, a set of seven questions posed by Congressman Robert Livingston on the topic of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. The steering committee includes experts in orthopedic surgery, occupational medicine, epidemiology, ergonomics, human factors, statistics, and risk analysis.

This document is based on the evidence presented and discussed at the two-day Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: Examining the Research Base, which was held on August 21 and 22, 1998, and on follow-up deliberations of the steering committee, reflecting its own expertise.

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