Treatment
The LiftTrainerTM programme was not more effective than a video for reducing back injury in jobs with repetitive lifting
Lavender SA, Lorenz EP, Andersson GB. Can a new behaviorally oriented training process to improve lifting technique prevent occupationally related back injuries due to lifting? Spine 2007;32:487–94.[CrossRef][Medline]
Q In employees who work in distribution centre jobs that require repetitive lifting, does a behaviour based lift training programme (LiftTrainerTM) reduce injury?
Key Words: back injuries • lifting • occupational health
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Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
{concealed}.*
Blinding:
unblinded.
Follow up period:
12 months.
Setting:
19 distribution centres within a 3 hour drive of Chicago (2 centres were not included in the analysis).
Participants:
2144 employees who did repetitive lifting in their jobs.
Intervention:
LiftTrainerTM programme (n = 957) or video (n = 1020). Each employee in the LiftTrainerTM group had several 30 minute, individualised training sessions. Up to 5 training sessions were planned for each participant over 10 months. Participation was voluntary, and not all sessions were attended. Participants were fitted with sensors that allowed the bending and twisting forces on the spine to be calculated in real time. These data were used to provide auditory feedback on their lifting technique. This immediate auditory feedback and charts displayed at the completion of a set of lifts helped employees learn lifting techniques that reduced the strain on the lumbar spine. Participants
Memorial University of Newfoundland,
St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
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