A comparison of peak vs cumulative physical work exposure risk factors for the reporting of low back pain in the automotive industry

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 561-573

  Norman, R ^a   Wells, R ^a   Neumann, P ^a   Frank, J ^b,c   Shannon, H ^b,d   Kerr, M ^b,c   Beaton, D E ^e   Bombardier, C ^e   Ferrier, S ^e   Hogg Johnson, S ^e   Mondloch, M ^e   Peloso, P ^e   Smith, J ^e   Stansfeld, S A ^e   Tarasuk, V ^e   Andrews, D M ^e   Dobbyn, M ^e   Edmonstone, M A ^e   Ingelman, J P ^e   Jeans, B ^e   McRobbie, H ^e   Moore, A ^e   Mylett, J ^e   Outerbridge, G ^e   Woo, H ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Auto assembly; Biomechanical spine model; Compression; Epidemiology; Low back pain; Shear; Spinal load; Trunk kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE; TRUNK;

EID: 0032445732     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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