Physical workload and ergonomic factors associated with prevalence of back and neck pain in urban transit operators

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2117-2127

  Krause, Niklas ^a   Ragland, David R ^a   Greiner, Birgit A ^a   Fisher, June M ^b   Holman, Barbara L ^c   Selvin, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Body height; Ergonomic factors; Gender; Motor vehicle driving; Physical workload; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DRIVER; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NECK PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY CONSTITUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031428131     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199709150-00010     Document Type: Article

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