Aetiology and management of work-related upper extremity disorders

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-133

  Staal, J B ^b   de Bie, R A ^a   Hendriks, E J M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Maastricht University Maastricht ^*

Author keywords

clinical manifestations; prevention; risk factors; treatment; work related upper extremity disorders

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARM DISEASE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY POSTURE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DYSTONIA; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK PAIN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OFFICE WORKER; PARESTHESIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPLINT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK DISABILITY;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33847653838     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2006.09.001     Document Type: Review

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