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Understanding<\/strong> the risk factors of MSDs <\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Musculoskeletal disorders<\/strong> (commonly referred to as MSDs) are multifactorial diseases that encompass a wide range of conditions affecting joints, muscles, tendons, nerves, blood vessels, and cartilage. Their onset is attributed to a combination of risk factors.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are these factors? Will they affect your operators? We’ll tell you everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Individual factors<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Individual factors are related to the intrinsic characteristics of individuals and their lifestyle. This can include age, gender, the person’s health status, or their medical history.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, an overweight person, someone suffering from diabetes, or inflammatory rheumatism will be more prone to a higher risk.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, interindividual variabilities can also be related to the lack of task-specific training or ignorance of how tasks should be performed. Since everyone is unique, there is an “individual sensitivity” that, for the same task performed, may cause tendonitis<\/strong> in some people but not others.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Environmental factors\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Environmental factors are indirect aggravating risk factors. When a person is exposed to them, they are more susceptible to MSD risk.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Among environmental factors, we can mention noise level, space, work tools, but also…<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udd39 Exposure to cold<\/strong>. It disrupts manual activity and causes imprecise movements, frostbite, numbness, cramps, hypothermia, decreased blood flow to the fingers (Raynaud’s syndrome), etc.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd39 Vibrations.<\/strong> They can affect the vascular system, the musculoskeletal system, and cause microtraumas on the joints, disc herniation, etc.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd39 Inadequate lighting.<\/strong> It forces the person to adopt uncomfortable and inappropriate postures.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Organizational factors\u00a0<\/strong>
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Work organization greatly impacts the occurrence, persistence, or worsening of MSDs. Indeed, it largely determines the intensity of other MSD risk factors such as posture, exertion, repetition, and can also generate stress in case of inappropriate organization.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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