Effect of training and lifting equipment for preventing back pain in lifting and handling: Systematic review

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7641, 2008, Pages 429-431

  Martimo, Kari Pekka ^a   Verbeek, Jos ^a   Karppinen, Jaro ^a   Furlan, Andrea D ^b   Takala, Esa Pekka ^a   Kuijer, P Paul F M ^c   Jauhiainen, Merja ^a   Viikari Juntura, Eira ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; DATA BASE; DATA SYNTHESIS; EFFECT SIZE; EMBASE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; REGISTER; RISK; SCISEARCH; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING; WORK;

BACK PAIN; COUNSELING; HUMANS; LIFTING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 39749140308     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39463.418380.BE     Document Type: Article

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