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Q In employees who work in distribution centre jobs that require repetitive lifting, does a behaviour based lift training programme (LiftTrainerTM) reduce injury?
METHODS
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, …
Footnotes
↵* Information provided by author.
For correspondence: Dr S A Lavender, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. lavender.1{at}osu.edu
Source of funding: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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