The association between risk factors and low back pain among commercial vehicle drivers in peninsular Malaysia: A preliminary result

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-278

  Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri Mohd ^a   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^a   Jalaludin, Juliana ^b   Aziz, Nasaruddin Abdul ^c   Jemoin, Nizam ^d   Nordin, Rusli ^e   Naing, Ayub Li ^e   Abdullah, Yunus ^b   Abdullah, Mazlan ^e  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c CYBERJAYA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^e SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bus drivers; Low back pain; POMS; Posture; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DRIVER; ERGONOMICS; FATIGUE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; TENSION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; LOW BACK PAIN; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TORQUE; VIBRATION;

EID: 34249051954     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.268     Document Type: Article

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