Relationship between subjective neck disorders and cervical spine mobility and motion-related pain in male machine operators

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1501-1507

  Hagen, Kåre B ^a,b   Harms Ringdahl, Karin ^c   Enger, Nils O ^b   Hedenstad, Runar ^b   Morten, Håkon ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical examination; Prevalence; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; CERVICAL SPINE; FORESTRY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; NECK INJURY; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; THORACIC SPINE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0031423299     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199707010-00015     Document Type: Article

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