TY - JOUR
T1 - A science mapping-based review of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among construction workers
AU - Antwi-Afari, Maxwell Fordjour
AU - Li, Heng
AU - Chan, Alan Hoi Shou
AU - Seo, Joon Oh
AU - Anwer, Shahnawaz
AU - Mi, Hao Yang
AU - Wu, Zezhou
AU - Wong, Arnold Yu Lok
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledged the following three funding grants: 1. General Research Fund (GRF) Grant ( BRE/PolyU 152047/19E) entitled “In Search of a Suitable Tool for Proactive Physical Fatigue Assessment: An Invasive to Non-invasive Approach”; 2. General Research Fund (GRF) Grant (BRE/PolyU 15210720) entitled “The development and validation of a non-invasive tool to monitor mental and physical stress in construction workers”; and 3. Aston Research and Knowledge Exchange Pump Priming Fund 2021/22 entitled “Digital Twin-Enabled Wearable Sensing Technologies for Improved Workers’ Activity Recognition and Work-Related Risk Assessment”.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 National Safety Council and Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/2/3
Y1 - 2023/2/3
N2 - Introduction: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are recognized as a leading cause of nonfatal injuries in construction, but no review of existing studies has systematically analyzed and visualized the trends of WMSDs among construction workers. The current science mapping-based review summarized research published between 2000 and 2021 related to WMSDs among construction workers through co-word, co-author, and citation analysis. Method: A total of 63 bibliographic records retrieved from the Scopus database were analyzed. Results: The results identified influential authors with high impacts in this research domain. Moreover, the results indicated that MSDs, ergonomics, and construction not only had the highest occurrence of been studied, but also the highest impact in terms of total link strength. In addition, the most significant contributions to research relating to WMSDs among construction workers have originated primarily from the United States, Hong Kong, and Canada. Furthermore, a follow-up in-depth qualitative discussion was conducted to focus on summarizing mainstream research topics, identifying existing research gaps, and proposing directions for future studies. Conclusions: This review provides an in-depth understanding of related research on WMSDs among construction workers and proposes the emerging trends in this research field.
AB - Introduction: Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are recognized as a leading cause of nonfatal injuries in construction, but no review of existing studies has systematically analyzed and visualized the trends of WMSDs among construction workers. The current science mapping-based review summarized research published between 2000 and 2021 related to WMSDs among construction workers through co-word, co-author, and citation analysis. Method: A total of 63 bibliographic records retrieved from the Scopus database were analyzed. Results: The results identified influential authors with high impacts in this research domain. Moreover, the results indicated that MSDs, ergonomics, and construction not only had the highest occurrence of been studied, but also the highest impact in terms of total link strength. In addition, the most significant contributions to research relating to WMSDs among construction workers have originated primarily from the United States, Hong Kong, and Canada. Furthermore, a follow-up in-depth qualitative discussion was conducted to focus on summarizing mainstream research topics, identifying existing research gaps, and proposing directions for future studies. Conclusions: This review provides an in-depth understanding of related research on WMSDs among construction workers and proposes the emerging trends in this research field.
KW - Construction workers
KW - Literature review
KW - Science mapping
KW - Scientometric analysis
KW - Work-related musculoskeletal disorders
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85150791945&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jsr.2023.01.011
DO - 10.1016/j.jsr.2023.01.011
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85150791945
SN - 0022-4375
JO - Journal of Safety Research
JF - Journal of Safety Research
ER -