{"id":14452,"date":"2025-01-14T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T10:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/?page_id=14452"},"modified":"2025-09-24T06:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T06:37:47","slug":"work-ergonomics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tartuh.ee\/en\/research-and-development\/research-groups-in-tartu-applied-health-sciences-university\/work-ergonomics\/","title":{"rendered":"Work Ergonomics for Healthcare Specialists Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Collaborator: <\/strong>Estonian University of Life Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Keywords: <\/strong>occupational health, ergonomics, physiological risk factors, musculoskeletal disorders, ergonomic intervention<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Overview of Main Activities:<\/strong><\/strong> Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common work-related health problems caused by risk factors present in the work environment. Healthcare workers make up 10% of the European Union workforce and, like workers in other fields, they experience musculoskeletal disorders primarily caused by physiological risk factors (e.g., manual handling of loads, repetitive movements, working in forced postures). It is important to design the work environment in such a way that workers are exposed to as few risk factors as possible, implementing ergonomic interventions when necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research Group Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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KRISTI VAHUR<\/strong>,
MSc (public health),<\/strong> Research Group Leader<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00dcLLE PARM<\/strong>,
PhD (microbiology)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MARIT SALUS<\/strong>,
MSc (sport sciences)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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JELENA SOKK<\/strong>,
PhD (sport sciences)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EDA MERISALU,<\/strong>
PhD (clinical medicine), EM\u00dc<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Research and Development Activities in the Research Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n