Test-retest reliability of an upper-extremity discomfort questionnaire in an industrial population

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-307

  Franzblau, Alfred ^a   Salerno, Deborah F ^a   Armstrong, Thomas J ^a   Werner, Robert A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Kappa coefficient; Musculoskeletal disorders; Reliability; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WRIST;

EID: 0030981686     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.223     Document Type: Article

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