Stress biomarkers' associations to pain in the neck, shoulder and back in healthy media workers: 12-Month prospective follow-up

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 393-405

  Schell, Elisabet ^a   Theorell, Tores ^a   Hasson, Dan ^b,c   Arnetz, Bengt ^c,d   Saraste, Helena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neck shoulder and back pain; Stress biomarkers; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ENDOTHELIN; FIBRINOGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION CENTER; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SALIVA; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 41049102168     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0554-0     Document Type: Article

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