Evaluation of the revised NIOSH lifting equation: A cross-sectional epidemiologic study

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 386-395

  Waters, Thomas R ^a   Baron, Sherry L ^a   Piacitelli, Laurie A ^a   Anderson, Vern P ^a   Skov, Torsten ^a   Haring Sweeney, Marie ^a   Wall, David K ^a   Fine, Lawrence J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response; Low back pain; Manual lifting; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0033558322     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199902150-00019     Document Type: Article

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