Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders affecting CSP members
CSP reference: CSP / MSD
Year published: 2005
Member price: £10.00
Non-member price: £12.50
Author: Warren Glover
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are one of the most common causes of severe long-term pain and physical disability and are considered one of the biggest health problems facing workers today. But how are physiotherapists and physiotherapy assistants affected by work-related MSDs?
Included in the report:
- Injury statistics of CSP members (over 40 tables)
- What type of injury matters most to physiotherapists
- Career stage where most injuries occur
- Injuries by clinical setting
- Use of mobilisation techniques and thumb injury
- Job risk factors CSP members implicate in their injury
- Physiotherapists' responses to injury
- Preventive strategies adopted to avoid reinjury
- Case studies





