Gómez-Galán Marta, Pérez-Alonso José, Callejón-Ferre Ángel-Jesús, López-Martínez Javier
Department of Engineering, University of Almería, Spain.
Laboratory-Observatory Andalusian Working Conditions in the Agricultural Sector (LASA), Spain.
Ind Health. 2017 Aug 8;55(4):314-337. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2016-0191. Epub 2017 May 9.
The prevention of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) is very important in the world. Governments and companies are the most interested. The objective of the present work is to review the literature on the applications of the OWAS method in the diverse sectors or fields of knowledge and countries from its publication to March 2017. The use of OWAS method has been classified by categories of knowledge, by country and by year. The search was made by selecting only the main collection of the Web of Science. This was selected by the option "Advanced search" using the term OWAS (ts=OWAS) for the time period of 1900 to 2017. A total of 166 results were found, consisting of conference papers and articles in scientific journals. In conclusion, the OWAS has been applied mainly in two sectors: "Manufacturing industries" and "Healthcare and Social assistance activities". This method needs to be complemented with other indirect or direct methods. Also, whenever the OWAS has been used, whether individually or together with other methods, musculoskeletal disorders risks have been detected, this perhaps being an indicator to review the evaluation parameters because overestimating the risk.
预防肌肉骨骼疾病（MSD）在全球范围内都非常重要。政府和企业对此最为关注。本研究的目的是回顾自OWAS方法发表至2017年3月期间，该方法在不同知识领域和国家的应用文献。OWAS方法的使用已按知识类别、国家和年份进行了分类。检索仅通过选择科学网的主要数据库进行。通过“高级搜索”选项，使用检索词OWAS（主题=OWAS）在1900年至2017年的时间段内进行检索。共找到166条结果，包括会议论文和科学期刊上的文章。总之，OWAS主要应用于两个领域：“制造业”和“医疗保健及社会救助活动”。该方法需要用其他间接或直接方法进行补充。此外，无论何时使用OWAS方法，无论是单独使用还是与其他方法一起使用，都能检测到肌肉骨骼疾病风险，这可能是一个审查评估参数的指标，因为可能高估了风险。
