Long-term exposure to heavy physical work, disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders and all-cause mortality: 20-year follow-up—introducing Helsinki Health Study job exposure matrix
Source : International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health.
Authors developed a job exposure matrix (JEM) to study the association between long-term exposure to heavy physical effort or heavy lifting and carrying at work with disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders and premature all-cause mortality. They found that eight to ten years of exposure to heavy physical effort at work is strongly associated with disability pension due to musculoskeletal disorders