Preventive break exercise program for cleaners in Lassila & Tikanoja
Lindqvist, Linnea (2019)
2019
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The aim of this thesis is to provide knowledge of how to prevent cleaner’s most common musculoskeletal problems among Lassila&Tikanoja’s cleaners. The objective is to create a preventive break exercise program leaflet for cleaners working for Lassila&Tikanoja.
Occupational cleaning is physically demanding and contains repetitive movements and awkward postures during the day. To compensate the demands of the job cleaners should pay attention to their physical capacity to prevent musculoskeletal disorders since physically demanding jobs have not been found to increase physical capacity. If the demands of the job, physical capacity and rest periods are not in balance it can lead to overuse musculoskeletal disorders which causes decrease in workability. Physically demanding jobs have found to be linked with early retirements.
The theoretical background in this thesis was a literature search of cleaner’s most common musculoskeletal disorders, postures during work day and preventive break exercises.Theoretical background is used to make an exercise program leaflet to prevent most common musculoskeletal disorders among occupational cleaners. The exercises are planned so that they can be conducted in every work environment and uses equipments that cleaners have. The leaflet is send to the company for distribution.
Occupational cleaning is physically demanding and contains repetitive movements and awkward postures during the day. To compensate the demands of the job cleaners should pay attention to their physical capacity to prevent musculoskeletal disorders since physically demanding jobs have not been found to increase physical capacity. If the demands of the job, physical capacity and rest periods are not in balance it can lead to overuse musculoskeletal disorders which causes decrease in workability. Physically demanding jobs have found to be linked with early retirements.
The theoretical background in this thesis was a literature search of cleaner’s most common musculoskeletal disorders, postures during work day and preventive break exercises.Theoretical background is used to make an exercise program leaflet to prevent most common musculoskeletal disorders among occupational cleaners. The exercises are planned so that they can be conducted in every work environment and uses equipments that cleaners have. The leaflet is send to the company for distribution.