[Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in subjects not exposed to biomechanical overload].

Unlabelled: «Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in subjects not exposed to biomechanical overload».

Background:: Data on the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) in groups of unexposed subjects may serve for comparison in studies on risk/damage in groups of exposed subjects and for the planning of preventive interventions.

Objectives:: To assess the musculoskeletal health status in a group of working subjects not exposed to biomechanical overload.

[Workers with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: indications for health surveillance and suitable job assignment].

Backgrounds: In Europe 23.5% of the working-age population suffers from chronic or rare diseases, including Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), an inherited disorder of the connective tissue that frequently leads to impairment also at work.

Objectives: We sought to evaluate the impairment of different functional areas in EDS subjects, using EDS-Disability Test (EDS-DT) (7 visual analogical scales: pain, stiffness, daily activities of life, in the home, outside the home, at work, in social relationships).

[Disabled people in current economically critical situation. Statistics, legislation and institutions, role of occupational physician].

The number of employed disabled people decreased in 2008-2009 while there has been an increase in the number of temporary contracts and employed disabled women. The work admission of foreign disabled workers has decreased whereas admission of people with psychic problems has been positively assessed. The ASL (Local Health Service) occupational physicians face some difficulties in the Civil Disability Boards for the excessive number of patients and because of the conflict between their inspective role in institutional activity and their task of checking working conditions of disabled workers.

[Demand of diagnosis and treatment for work-related psycho-social discomfort: trend of phenomenon].

This study is aimed at updating the knowledge on case records of workers examined at the "Center for Occupational Stress and Harassment" of the "Clinica del Lavoro Luigi Devoto" in Milan. A sample of patients examined between 2009 and 2011 (n = 198) was compared with a sample examined in 2003 (n = 226). Compared to the past case records, the latter sample included a significantly higher number of graduates (chi2 = 6.