Musculoskeletal Injuries Affecting Radiologists According to the 2017 ACR Human Resources Commission Workforce Survey

Jay R. Parikh; Claire Bender; Edward Bluth

doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2018.01.033

Musculoskeletal Injuries Affecting Radiologists According to the 2017 ACR Human Resources Commission Workforce Survey

Jay R. Parikh, Claire Bender, Edward Bluth

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Practice leaders surveyed in the 2017 ACR Human Resources Commission workforce survey reported that 25% of the radiologists or radiation oncologists they supervised had neck pain, 32% had low back pain, and 16% were dealing with a repetitive stress injury. The prevalence rates of these musculoskeletal ailments among radiologists and radiation oncologists were consistent with those reported in the literature in other populations. However, these prevalence rates may be underestimated because practice leaders, not the radiologists themselves, were surveyed, and the leaders may not be aware of all injuries.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	803-808
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume	15
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2018.01.033
State	Published - May 2018

Keywords

Radiologist
back pain
neck pain
occupational injury
repetitive stress injury
work-related illness

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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