Effectiveness of a worksite exercise program with respect to perceived work ability and sick leaves among women with physical work

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-93

  Nurminen, Eija ^a   Malmivaara, Antti ^a   Ilmarinen, Juhani ^a   Ylöstalo, Pekka ^a   Mutanen, Pertti ^a   Ahonen, Guy ^a   Aro, Timo ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Absenteeism from work; Female; Intervention; Job satisfaction; Physical activity; Promotion; Randomized controlled trial; Stress; Workplace

Indexed keywords

WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LAUNDRY; MANUAL LABOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036255417     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.652     Document Type: Article

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