{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,4]],"date-time":"2026-05-04T10:21:48Z","timestamp":1777890108218,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","issue":"4","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,1]],"date-time":"2015-07-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1435708800000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/page\/policies\/text-and-data-mining-license"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["journals.sagepub.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,29]]},"abstract":"\n BACKGROUND:<\/jats:bold>\n Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are diseases of high prevalence. The extent\nto which our work is causing or aggravating them is still questioned because\ntheir causes are heterogeneous and usually combined in the same person, and\ncan be attributed to any of them.\n <\/jats:p>\n \n OBJECTIVE:<\/jats:bold>\n The objective of this paper is to compare Spain with the rest of Europe\nconcerning MSDs.\n <\/jats:p>\n \n METHODS:<\/jats:bold>\n The study is based on a comparison\nbetween Spanish and European data. The difficulty is that the lists of\noccupational diseases in the various States of the European Union (EU) are\ndifferent, and therefore it is difficult to compare data.\n <\/jats:p>\n The study compares two types of data: the views of workers, and the official\nresults of workplace accidents. In the first case, the results of the VII\nSpanish National Survey of Working Conditions were compared to the V\nEuropean Working Conditions Survey. In the second case, we compare accident\ndata, published by the Spanish Labour Authorities, to data provided by\nEurostat (Statistical Office of the European Communities).<\/jats:p>\n \n RESULTS:<\/jats:bold>\n During the development of this study, we have\n proved\nthe importance and\nsignificance of MSDs on the Spanish working population in relation to the\nEuropean one.\n <\/jats:p>\n First, we have discovered a great difference between Spanish and European\nworkers views about the relationship between work and heath.<\/jats:p>\n Then, we detected some more important ergonomics risk factors within the\nSpanish workforces' opinions. These are repetitive movements, tiring\npositions, and exposure to vibrations. However concerning heavy loads,\nlifting or moving people, the views of Spanish workers are more carefree\nthan European ones.<\/jats:p>\n If we only consider the official results of workplace accidents and\ndiseases, we find Spanish rates higher than the European average.<\/jats:p>\n \n CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:bold>\n The incidence of MSDs on the Spanish working population significantly\nexceeds European records in this matter. MSDs account for between 35-40%\nof Work Accidents and between 70-88% of Occupational Diseases in Spain\nso, we can see why Spain has one of the top Occupational Accidents rates in\nEurope.\n <\/jats:p>\n Spain should try to improve this issue by concentrating only on three\nfactors: repetitive work of upper extremities, tiring positions and exposure\nto vibrations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3233\/wor-152027","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,4]],"date-time":"2015-08-04T12:32:38Z","timestamp":1438691558000},"page":"645-656","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Comparative study of the relevance of musculoskeletal disorders between the Spanish and the European working population"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"51","author":[{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Maria Rivas","family":"Moar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Safety and Health Department, RMCI, A Coru\u00f1a, Spain"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Maria","family":"Alvarez-Campana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Care and Rehabilitation, Mutua Gallega de Accidentes Rehabilitation Society, Spain"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Luis","family":"M\u00edguez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Industrial Engineering School, University of Vigo, Spain"}]},{"given":"Luis Maria Lopez","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Polytechnic Institute of C\u00e1vado and Ave, Technology School, Barcelos, Portugal"}]},{"given":"D.G.","family":"Ramos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Polytechnic Institute of C\u00e1vado and Ave, Technology School, Barcelos, Portugal"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,7]]},"container-title":["WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.3233\/WOR-152027","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.3233\/WOR-152027","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,1]],"date-time":"2026-05-01T05:30:52Z","timestamp":1777613452000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.3233\/WOR-152027"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2015,7]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2015,7,29]]}},"alternative-id":["10.3233\/WOR-152027"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3233\/wor-152027","relation":{},"ISSN":["1051-9815","1875-9270"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1051-9815","type":"print"},{"value":"1875-9270","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2015,7]]}}}