Symptomatology of recurrent low back pain in nursing and administrative professions

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1789-1798

  Schenk, Peter ^a   Läubli, Thomas ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^b   Klipstein, Andreas ^a,c  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Nurses; Physical workplace factors; Sedentary work

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF EVALUATION; SITTING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 36149001421     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0346-6     Document Type: Article

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