Load pattern and pressure pain threshold in the upper trapezius muscle and psychosocial factors in medical secretaries with and without shoulder/neck disorders

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 423-432

  Hägg, Göran M ^a   Åström, Annika ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b Box 505 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Myalgia; Pause; Static load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STERNUM; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL SECRETARIES; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN THRESHOLD; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0030920860     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050170     Document Type: Article

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