Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in single and multiple body regions and effects of perceived risk of injury among manual handling workers

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 2166-2172

  Yeung, Simon S ^a   Genaidy, Ash ^a   Deddens, James ^a   Alhemood, Ali ^a   Leung, P C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Manual handling work; Musculo skeletal symptoms; Perceived risk of lifting injury; Single and multiple body regions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FINGER; HIP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LIFTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NECK PAIN; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036790732     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200210010-00017     Document Type: Article

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