Mechanical Injury and Psychosocial Factors in the Work Place Predict the Onset of Widespread Body Pain: A Two-Year Prospective Study among Cohorts of Newly Employed Workers

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1655-1664

  Harkness, Elaine F ^a   Macfarlane, Gary J ^a   Nahit, Elizabeth ^a   Silman, Alan J ^a   McBeth, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY PAIN; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INJURY; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT BEARING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2342556427     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.20258     Document Type: Article

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