Musculoskeletal Injuries Affecting Radiologists According to the 2017 ACR Human Resources Commission Workforce Survey Article

Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2018.01.033 PMID: 29571645 Web of Science: 000431606400029

Cited authors

  • Parikh, Jay R.; Bender, Claire; Bluth, Edward

Abstract

  • Practice leaders surveyed in the 2017 ACR Human Resources Commission workforce survey reported that 25% of the radiologists or radiation oncologists they supervised had neck pain, 32% had low back pain, and 16% were dealing with a repetitive stress injury. The prevalence rates of these musculoskeletal ailments among radiologists and radiation oncologists were consistent with those reported in the literature in other populations. However, these prevalence rates may be underestimated because practice leaders, not the radiologists themselves, were surveyed, and the leaders may not be aware of all injuries.

Publication date

  • 2018

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1546-1440

Start page

  • 803

End page

  • 808

Volume

  • 15

Issue

  • 5