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Table 1 Recommendations for lumbar load assessment procedures

From: Characteristic values of the lumbar load of manual patient handling for the application in workers' compensation procedures

no.

activity

Recommendation Compressive force in kN

1

Raising a patient from lying to sitting in bed or vice versa

4.1

2

elevating a patient from lying to sitting at the bed's edge or vice versa

5.1

3

moving a patient towards the bed's head (nurse at bed's long side)

7.0

4

moving a patient towards the bed's head (nurse at bed's head)

6.0

5

moving a patient in the bed sideward

5.0

6

lifting a leg of a lying patient or vice versa (nurse at bed's long side)

2.9

7

lifting a leg of a lying patient or vice versa (nurse at bed's foot)

1.8

8

lifting both legs of a lying patient or vice versa (nurse at bed's long side)

3.7

9

inclining the bed's head with the patient lying in the bed

4.4

10

shoving a bedpan or vice versa

4.6

11

placing a patient from sitting at bed's edge in a chair or vice versa

5.9

12

raising a patient from sitting to upright standing position or vice versa

4.9

13

raising a patient from lying on the floor to standing position

4.1

  1. Recommendations for characteristic values of the lumbar load to be applied in occupational-disease statement procedures concerning the Occupational Disease no. 2108 of the German list of occupational diseases.