The occurrence of musculoskeletal alterations in worker populations not exposed to repetitive tasks of the upper limbs

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1340-1346

  Battevi, N ^a   Menoni, O ^a   Vimercati, C ^a  

^a EPM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Control group; Occurrence; WMSDs; Working populations

Indexed keywords

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

MUSCULOSKELETAL ALTERATIONS;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; TENNIS ELBOW; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 0032168096     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398186342     Document Type: Article

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