Prevalence and risk factors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in massage practitioners

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 425-438

  Jang, Yuh ^a   Chi, Chia Fen ^b   Tsauo, Jau Yih ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Massage; Musculoskeletal disorder; Prevalence; Risk factor; Working posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; THUMB INJURY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; UPPER EXTREMITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33748854849     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-006-9028-1     Document Type: Article

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