Citation

Caley LM, Janiszewski A. Caring 1995; 14(4): 84-89.

Affiliation

Millard Fillmore Health, Education, and Research Foundation, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, National Association for Home Care)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10172281

Abstract

The last two articles in this series pointed out that back injuries do not occur overnight unless acute trauma occurs. Rather, they are the result of cumulative trauma--they develop gradually over a period of time. Even though back injuries appear to be related to a single event (i.e., "While lifting the patient up I felt my back pop."), they are actually related to repeated events that predispose a person's body to the final breakdown event.

Language: en