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Editorial
. 2025 Jun 20;15(2):98043.
doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i2.98043.

Musculoskeletal disorders in nursing staff

Agapi Kolovou  1 , Asterios N Gkougkoulias  2 , Nikolaos Stefanou  1 , Elena Manuela Samaila  3 , Maria Tsekoura  4 , Marianna Vlychou  2 , Charalampos Matzaroglou  4 , Zoe H Dailiana  5
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Editorial

Musculoskeletal disorders in nursing staff

Agapi Kolovou et al. World J Methodol. .

Abstract

Nursing staff provides patient care in an occupational environment that often imposes challenges that affect significantly the musculoskeletal system. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are common in nursing stuff and have a negative impact in their professional and daily activities. In the current editorial, the duties of nursing staff, the types of musculoskeletal disorders, the predisposing factors (including factors related to professional tasks/ergonomics and to working schedules, psychological, social and individual factors) and their impact on working ability and quality of life nursing staff are summarized and preventive measures are proposed.

Keywords: Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal disorders; Nursing staff; Predisposing factors; Prevention.

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Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.

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