Puget Sound Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds - Archived Presentations

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Computer Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: the roles of medicine, engineering and biology
by Peter Johnson, PhD
Presented Thursday, October 19, 2006

Disclosure: This course has been planned and implemented in accordance with ACOEM. This speaker has no significant financial interest or other relationship with any commercial products mentioned in this presentation.

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This presentation has been approved by the ACOEM for CME credit until December 31, 2009. 
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Learning Objectives:

  • Learn what the physical exposures are associated with computer mouse and keyboard use
  • Become familiar with the latest research which identifies key risk factors thought to be associated with computer related musculoskeletal disorders
  • Learn about common computer related disorders, causes and costs associated with the injuries
  • Learn about the special risks computer work poses to women and children and the research being done to promote the health of future generations of computer users.

Peter W. Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Adjunct Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Peter Johnson, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the University of Washington, specializing in ergonomics. He earned his Doctorate in Bioengineering from the University of California - Berkeley and has worked as a researcher at the National Institutes of Occupational Health in the United States, Sweden and Denmark. He is developing and validating an exposure assessment system with Harvard University for measuring multiple physical risk factors during computer work, working with the University of Göteborg in Sweden on a large-scale study to measure  IT workers' exposure to upper-extremity hazards, and developing tools at the University of Washington for exposure assessment of physical risk factors. He is also doing work developing methods to measure occupationally-related muscle fatigue using electrical stimulation of the muscle.

 

 

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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the Joint Sponsorship of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and NAOEM.  The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.