The Association of Subjective Stress, Urinary Catecholamine Concentrations and PC Game Room Use and Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Limbs in Young Male Koreans

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 419-424

  Kang, Jong Won ^a   Kim, Heon ^a   Cho, Soo Hun ^b   Lee, Myung Koo ^c   Kim, Yong Dae ^a   Nan, Hong Mei ^a   Lee, Chul Ho ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal Disorder; PC Game Room; Subjective Stress; Urinary Dopamine; Urinary Epinephrine; Urinary Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAME; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER; STRESS; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0347064005     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2003.18.3.419     Document Type: Article

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