Low back pain and lumbar angles in Turkish coal miners

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-96

  Sarikaya, Selda ^a   Özdolap, Şenay ^a   Gümüştaş, Şenol ^a   Koç, Ülkü ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coal miner; Low back pain; Lumbar lordosis; Lumbosacral angle; Modified oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire; Sacral horizontal angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; COAL MINING; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TURKEY;

EID: 33847755996     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20417     Document Type: Article

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