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Occupational injury is the most frequent cause of physical limitations in persons under the age of 45 years. As industry has change over the last 60 years, so have the requirements of its workers. Many industrial settings no longer require intense physical labor, rather an increased emphasis on work requiring repetitive upper extremity and trunk motions. As a result of this shift, an accompanying increase in the incidence of back and cumulative trauma injuries and associated costs has been seen.