Evaluation of two preventive interventions for reducing musculoskeletal complaints in operators of video display terminals

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 536-544

  Pillastrini, Paolo ^a   Mugnai, Raffaele ^a   Farneti, Chiara ^a   Bertozzi, Lucia ^a   Bonfiglioli, Roberta ^b   Curti, Stefania ^b   Mattioli, Stefano ^b   Violante, Francesco Saverio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; EMPLOYEE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OPERATOR; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINAL; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAMPHLETS; POSTURE;

EID: 34247604402     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060092     Document Type: Article

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