A randomized controlled trial of chair interventions on back and hip pain among sewing machine operators: The Los Angeles garment study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-262

  Wang, Pin Chieh ^a,b   Ritz, Beate R ^a   Janowitz, Ira ^c   Harrison, Robert J ^d   Yu, Fei ^a   Chan, Jacqueline ^d   Rempel, David M ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHAIR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATOR; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549139455     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318163869a     Document Type: Article

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