[Longitudinal study of a population exposed to risk of biomechanical overload of the upper limb]. / Studio longitudinale su una popolazione esposta a rischio di sovraccarico biomeccanico dell'arto superiore.

One of the most important factors of the work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremities (WMSDs) is the biomechanical overload. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possibility of the worker fitting to the job, to decrease the upper limb repetitive stress. In order to this aim, we have collected and compared, in different controls at the distance of two years, the clinical-anamnestic and instrumental data of a cohort of workers in a car industry.