Epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders due to biomechanical overload

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1253-1260

  Grieco, A ^a   Molteni, G ^a   De Vito, G ^a   Sias, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cumulative trauma disorders; Epidemiology; Musculoskeletal diseases; Occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERGONOMICS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICAL OVERLOAD; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAIN; TENDINITIS; TENNIS ELBOW;

BIOMECHANICS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SHOULDER; TENDINOPATHY; TENNIS ELBOW; WRIST;

EID: 0032167659     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398186298     Document Type: Article

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