Passive rotary dynamic sitting at the workplace by office-workers with lumbar pain: a randomized multicenter study

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 531-540

  Lengsfeld, Markus ^a,b   König, Inke R ^b,c   Schmelter, Jennifer ^b   Ziegler, Andreas ^b,c  

^a Orthopaedic Clinic   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absence from work; Disability; Ergonomics of sitting; Lumbar spine; Pain; Rotary dynamic sitting

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHAIR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFICE WORKER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34848905694     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.06.390     Document Type: Article

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