Towards epidemiological criteria for soft-tissue disorders of the arm

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 313-319

  Helliwell, Philip S ^a   Bennett, Robert M ^b   Littlejohn, Geoffrey ^c   Muirden, Kenneth D ^d   Wigley, Richard D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Cumulative trauma disorders; Epicondylitis; Epidemiology criteria; Fibromyalgia; Occupation; Shoulder tendonitis; Tenosynovitis; Upper limb disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TENDINITIS; TENNIS ELBOW; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; ARTHRITIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENDINOPATHY; TENNIS ELBOW; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 0041528147     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg034     Document Type: Article

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