Prevalence and psychosocial risk factors of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain in industries of Taiwan: A nationwide study

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 311-318

  Lee, Hsin Yi ^a   Yeh, Wen Yu ^b   Chen, Chun Wan ^a,b   Wang, Jung Der ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal pain; Prevalence; Psychosocial factors; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARM; BACK; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ELBOW; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; JOB SATISFACTION; LIMB PAIN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYALGIA; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TAIWAN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 25444532757     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.311     Document Type: Review

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