Research-Powered Innovation: How 'MSD Solutions Lab Research to Solutions Grants' Drive MSD Prevention

MSD Solutions Lab Research to Solutions (R2S) grants invited academic institutions, businesses and industries to research and innovate innovative solutions for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders. Solutions focused on occupational injury risk reduction that can be seamlessly integrated across a range of sectors and workplaces. In this session, you’ll learn about four grantees’ work: Innovative MSD risk assessment tools to better leverage data from emerging technologies, a plant-layout organizational tool for control and mitigation of MSDs, 3D-printed head and neck rests for reduced discomfort during overhead work, and smartphone computer vision technology that provides real-time movement assessment to emergency responders