Occupational and environmental medicine
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Multicenter Study
Intensive education combined with low tech ergonomic intervention does not prevent low back pain in nurses.
To evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive educational and low-tech ergonomic intervention programme aimed at reducing low back pain (LBP) among home care nurses and nurses' aids. ⋯ Intensive weekly education in body mechanics, patient transfer techniques, and use of low-tech ergonomic equipment was not superior to a one time only three hour instructional meeting for home care nurses and nurses' aids.