Repetitive industrial work and neck and upper limb disorders in females

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 731-747

  Ohisson, K ^a   Attewell, R G ^a   Palsson B ^a   Karlsson, B ^a   Balogh, I ^a   Johnsson, B ^c   Ahlm, A ^b   Skerfving, S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b IFÖ Occupational Health Service Centre ^*  (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

epicondylitis; muscle tension tendency; occupational hazard; physical examination; supraspinatus tendinitis; work surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPICONDYLITIS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOSOMATICS; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENDINITIS; TENNIS ELBOW; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028939773     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700270508     Document Type: Article

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