Task and postural factors are related to back pain in helicopter pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 805-811

  Bridger, R S ^a   Groom, M R ^a   Jones, H ^a   Pethybridge, R J ^a   Pullinger, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NAVAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Helicopter pilots; Posture; Psychosocial factors; Seating

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERGONOMICS; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEAT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; BIOENGINEERING; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; ROLE PLAYING; ROTATION; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LOW BACK PAIN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; ROLE; ROTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035990572     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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