LOS ANGELES - Construction workers in Iowa and Illinois, asked about work-related musculoskeletal (MSK) problems, report that lower back problems are the worst. Work-related MSKs are believed to be about one-third of all injuries in construction and the most significant cost factor in the industry's workers' compensation costs, according to the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department.The survey was conducted in 1994 and 1995 by three physical therapists/Ph.D.s at the Injury Prevention Re
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