Duration and intensity of occupational lifting and risk of long-term sickness absence: Prospective cohort study with register follow-up among 45 000 workers

• Main Authors: Rúni Bláfoss (Author), Sebastian Venge Skovlund (Author), Sebastian Skals (Author), Emil Sundstrup (Author), Rubén López-Bueno (Author), Joaquin Calatayud (Author), Lars Louis Andersen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the prospective association of lifting duration and lifting load with the risk of long-term sickness absence (LTSA).METHODS: We followed manual workers with occupational lifting (N=45 346) from the Work Environment and Health in Denmark Study (2012-2018) fo...