Musculoskeletal disorders of the neck and shoulders in female sewing machine operators: Prevalence, incidence, and prognosis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 528-534

  Kaergaard, Anette ^a   Andersen, Johan H ^a  

^a HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Follow up study; Myofascial pain syndrome; Prognostic risk factors; Rotator cuff syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MACHINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK; OPERATOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ROTATOR CUFF; SELF CONCEPT; SHOULDER; SINGLE PARENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TENDINITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FACIAL NEURALGIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHOULDER; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0033941683     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.8.528     Document Type: Article

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