Further studies of shoulder and neck pain and exposures in customer service work with low biochemical demands

Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 887-909

  Holte, Kari Anne ^a   Westgaard, Rolf H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

EMG; Psychosocial exposure; Service workers; Shoulder and neck pain; Stress; Trapezius

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

NECK PAINS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOULDER PAIN; STANDARD; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSION; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUNTEER; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK PAIN; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOULDER PAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037145619     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013021000034867     Document Type: Article

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