Low back pain and lumbago-sciatica in nurses and a reference group of clerks: Results of a comparative prevalence study in Germany

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 484-490

  Hofmann, Friedrich ^a   Stössel, Ulrich ^b   Michaelis, Martina ^a,c   Nübling, Matthias ^a,c   Siegel, Achim ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c FFAS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Low back pain; Nurses; Occupational disease; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OFFICE MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCIATICA;

EID: 0036765319     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0332-6     Document Type: Article

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