Work postures and neck-shoulder pain among orchestra musicians

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 370-376

  Nyman, Teresia ^a,b,d   Wiktorin, Christina ^a,b   Mulder, Marie ^a   Johansson, Yvonne Liljeholm ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Department of Occupational and Environmental Health ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Musicians; Neck shoulder pain; Performing arts medicine; Work related

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSICIAN; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SWEDEN; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSIC; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOULDER PAIN; SWEDEN;

EID: 34249094460     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20454     Document Type: Article

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