Criteria for the Health Surveillance of Workers Exposed to Repetitive Movements

The authors outline a strategy for a health surveillance programme for work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limbs. A screening schedule is presented based on subsequent investigations (first and second level); the authors discuss the principal methods used for processing the results of the health surveillance in collective and individual terms. In general the paper defines the various aims to the health surveillance programme and identifies significant relevant criteria for its implementation.