Pushing and pulling in association with low back and shoulder complaints

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 696-702

  Hoozemans, M J M ^a   Van der Beek, A J ^a   Frings Dresen, M H W ^a   Van der Woude, L H V ^b   Van Dijk, F J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISABILITY; HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0036796958     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.10.696     Document Type: Article

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