Overuse syndromes of the upper limb and the upper limb tension test: A comparison between patients, asymptomatic keyboard workers and asymptomatic non-keyboard workers

Manual Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-164

  Byng, Jennifer ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SITTING;

EID: 0031214409     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.1997.0296     Document Type: Article

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