Pressure pain thresholds and musculoskeletal morbidity in automobile manufacturing workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-134

  Gold, Judith E ^a,b   Punnett, Laura ^b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Algometry; Musculoskeletal disorders; Occupational diseases; Quantitative sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN THRESHOLD; TOUCH; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 29444449563     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0005-3     Document Type: Article

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