Risk of Repetitive-Use Syndromes and Musculoskeletal Injuries

Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 200-204

  Siegel, Jerome H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

duration of activity; musculoskeletal injury; overreaching; prevention; repetitive use; work recovery; working heights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONTACT STRESS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINGER INJURY; FOOT INJURY; FOOT PAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HAND INJURY; HIP INJURY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE INJURY; LEG INJURY; LEG MUSCLE; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RADIAL NERVE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT; SPINE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THUMB INJURY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 35548981307     PISSN: 10962883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tgie.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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