One-year randomized controlled trial with different physical-Activity programs to reduce musculoskeletal symptoms in the neck and shoulders among office workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-65

  Blangsted, Anne Katrine ^a   Søgaard, Karen ^a   Hansen, Ernst A ^b   Hannerz, Harald ^a   Sjøgaard, Gisela ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Physical training; Resistance training; Sick leave; Work ability; Worksit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SHOULDER; SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TRAINING; WORK CAPACITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION;

DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; SYMPTOM; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 42549151681     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1192     Document Type: Article

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