Effects of driving on low back pain

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 494-496

  Sakakibara, Toshihiko ^a,b   Kasai, Yuichi ^a   Uchida, Atsumasa ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Murase Hospital Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Driving; Low back pain; Occupational; Seating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749606389     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql045     Document Type: Article

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