Development of a physical examination for a company-based management program for work-related upper extremity cumulative trauma disorders

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-77

  Barr, Ann E ^a   Badenchini, Irene T ^b   Forsyth Bee, Marianne ^c   Duff, Julian M ^b   Herring, Kathryn M ^b   Covit, Andrew B ^d   Nordin, Margareta ^b,e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Health and Safety   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative trauma disorders; Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal disorders; Occupational injuries; Screening examination; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

EID: 0032860517     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021310003109     Document Type: Article

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