Intensive education combined with low tech ergonomic intervention does not prevent low back pain in nurses

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-17

  Hartvigsen, J ^a   Lauritzen, S ^b   Lings, S ^c   Lauritzen, T ^d  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

^b Home Care Unit   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 11244294763     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.010843     Document Type: Article

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