Hard work never hurt anyone: Or did it? A review of occupational associations with soft tissue musculoskeletal disorders of the neck and upper limb

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1391-1396

  Walker Bone, K ^a   Cooper, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; ARM MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELBOW INJURY; EPICONDYLITIS; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER INJURY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; WRIST INJURY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; NECK PAIN; SHOULDER PAIN; TENNIS ELBOW;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 27744563757     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.020016     Document Type: Review

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