Back Pain in Manual Workers
How to assess job demands, improve ergonomics, and build capacity for lifting, carrying, vibration, and patient handling.
Manual work combines load weight, reach distance, height, twisting, grip, frequency, duration, fatigue, vibration, deadlines, and available help. There is no universal 25 kg threshold and no single “correct” hip-hinge technique that makes every lift safe.
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