Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Review of the Evidence

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1	Introduction	1
	Background	1
	Framework of Contributors to Musculoskeletal Disorders	2
2	State of the Evidence	6
	Criteria to Determine Causality	6
	Soft Tissue Responses to Physical Stressors	8
	Work Factors and Biomechanics	9
	Epidemiological Evidence that Physical Factors Can Cause Musculoskeletal Disorders	11
	Epidemiological Evidence that Non-Biomechanical Factors Can Cause Musculoskeletal Disorders	13
	Interventions	15
	Future Research	17
3	Seven Questions Posed by Congressman Robert Livingston	19
4	Conclusions	23
	References	25
Appendix A:	Invitees and Participants, Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: Examining the Research Base	28
Appendix B:	Agenda, Workshop on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries: Examining the Research Base	32

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