Distal lower-extremity pain and work postures in the Quebec population

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 705-713

  Messing, Karen ^a   Tissot, France ^a   Stock, Susan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY POSTURE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; STANDING; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; ADOLESCENT; DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 41949100911     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.099317     Document Type: Article

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