Knee osteoarthritis: Influence of work involving heavy lifting, kneeling, climbing stairs or ladders, or kneeling/squatting combined with heavy lifting

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 72-89

  Jensen, L K ^a  

^a Regionshospitalet Skive ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BODY POSTURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK;

EID: 38949206839     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.032466     Document Type: Review

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