Letter to the Editor: Can Teaching Ultrasound Ergonomics to Ultrasound Practitioners Reduce White Knuckles and Transducer Grip Force? By Harrison, Harrris, and Flinton

摘要

Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the letter in relation to our article "Can Teaching Ultrasound Ergonomics to Ultrasound Practitioners Reduce White Knuckles and Transducer Grip Force?"First, we would like to thank the author for taking the time to reply and open the debate, as we agree this is an important topic to ensure the health and well-being of diagnostic medical sonography practitioners. An earlier review article covered some of the other factors that have an impact on the risk of developing work-related muscu-loskeletal disorders,1 as have many other publications on the subject. We understand the need for a multifaceted approach to reducing risk in terms of not only ergonomics but also equipment design, psychosocial issues, workload management, physical fitness, patient body habitus, and so forth.2 Unfortunately, we were able to look at only one small aspect.