Clinical trials among worker populations: The value and significance of anamnestic findings and clinical and instrumental tests for diagnosing work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limbs (WMSDs)

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1322-1339

  De Marco, F ^a   Ricci, M G ^a   Bonaiuti, D ^a  

^a EPM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anamnestic findings; Clinical tests; Instrumental tests; Upper limb disorders; WMSDs

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ANAMNESTIC THRESHOLD;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ANAMNESIS; ARM; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPATHY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORTHOPEDICS; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; TENDINITIS;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 0032167771     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398186333     Document Type: Article

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