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The Relationship Between Qualitative And Quantitative Pain Descriptors Of Prolonged Standing Induced Low Back Pain, Laura Abbott
The Relationship Between Qualitative And Quantitative Pain Descriptors Of Prolonged Standing Induced Low Back Pain, Laura Abbott
Health, Human Performance and Recreation Undergraduate Honors Theses
The purpose of this study was to determine if assessing pain symptoms could help to better define prolonged standing induced low back pain (LBP) development. Thirty-five participants (18 male & 17 female), with no prior history of LBP, preformed two-hours of standing while doing occupational tasks in random 15-minute bouts. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and The Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire were used to assess the participant’s current level of LBP in 7.5-minute increments for 120 minutes of standing. Participants were instrumented for motion capture and stood on two force plates to track lumbar spine movement and body weight shifts, …
Patient Risk And Data Standards In Healthcare Supply Chain, Paiman Farrokhvar
Patient Risk And Data Standards In Healthcare Supply Chain, Paiman Farrokhvar
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Patient safety is one of the most important health care challenges. It is a big concern since 1 in every 10 patients around the world is affected by healthcare errors. The focus of this study is given to preventable adverse events that caused by the errors or system flaw that could have been avoided. In this study, simulation models are developed using Arena to evaluate the impact of GS1 data standards on patient risk in healthcare supply chain. The focus was given to the provider hospital supply chain operations where inventory discrepancy and performance deficiencies in recall, return, and outdate …