A randomised controlled trial evaluating the effects of two workstation interventions on upper body pain and incident musculoskeletal disorders among computer operators

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 300-306

  Rempel, D M ^a,b   Krause, N ^b   Goldberg, R ^b   Benner, D ^c   Hudes, M ^b   Goldner, G U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OPERATOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAINING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 33646238456     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.022285     Document Type: Article

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