A randomized controlled trial evaluating the effects of new task chairs on shoulder and neck pain among sewing machine operators: The Los Angeles garment study

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Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 931-938

  Rempel, David M ^a,d   Wang, Pin Chieh ^b   Janowitz, Ira ^a   Harrison, Robert J ^c   Yu, Fei ^b   Ritz, Beate R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chair design; Neck pain; Occupational health; Randomized controlled trial; Shoulder pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHAIR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLOTHING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LINEAR MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 34247332731     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000261028.88020.fc     Document Type: Article

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