Exposure
Full body vibration
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Full body vibration is part of the Lower Body JEM.

Expert rated exposures in 5 domains:

  1. Standing/walking (hours per 8 hours workday)
  2. Kneeling/squatting (hours per 8 hours workday)
  3. Whole body vibration (hours per 8 hours workday)
  4. Total load lifted (kg/day)
  5. Frequency of lifting loads weighing ≥20 kg (times/day)

Experts agreed on rankings of job groups, and rankings based on mean values of the experts’ rating were in accordance with the opinion of external experts.

Name: Full body vibration is part of the Lower Body JEM

 

Coverage
Alle 372 occupations in DISCO.
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Of the 372 existing DISCO-88 codes, 204 were assessed as minimally exposed on a general level. The remaining 168 DISCO-codes were allocated to 121 homogeneous groups.

Job Classification

The Danish version of The International Standard Classification of Occupations (DISCO-88)

Calendar Period
The JEM was established in 2009 and should cover a time period from around 1990 to the present date.
Uncertainty in Exposure
The exposures were expert assessed.
Demographics
None
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References & JEM developer
Key Developer: Esben Meulengracht Flachs

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Affiliation at the time of development: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Bispebjerg, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2200 Copenhagen NV, Denmark.

Reference: An expert-based job exposure matrix for large scale epidemiologic studies of primary hip and knee osteoarthritis: the Lower Body JEM

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Rubak TS, Svendsen SW, Andersen JH, Haar JP, Kryger A, Jensen LD, Frost P. An expert-based job exposure matrix for large scale epidemiologic studies of primary hip and knee osteoarthritis: the Lower Body JEM. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 2014 Jun 13;15:204.