Construction of a musculoskeletal job-exposure matrix in Korea
Myong-Hwan Kim, Eun-Soo Lee, Dongmug Kang, Ki-Hun Kim, Youngki Kim · 2026
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Myong-Hwan Kim and four colleagues report in 2026 on building Korea's first job-exposure matrix for musculoskeletal disorders, conditions affecting muscles, joints, and the back. A job-exposure matrix assigns typical exposure levels to each occupation, letting researchers estimate risk without measuring every worker.
The team drew on five waves of the Korean Working Conditions Survey covering 210,500 workers from 2006 to 2020. For each occupation they rated time spent in repetitive movement, awkward posture, heavy lifting, and prolonged standing, split by upper body, lower back, and legs. Expert agreement was strong for the upper body and back, and higher exposure tracked with more symptoms, supporting the matrix for research and policy.
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| CREATOR | Myong-Hwan Kim, Eun-Soo Lee, Dongmug Kang, Ki-Hun Kim, Youngki Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25579 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |