An update of a systematic review of controlled clinical trials on the primary prevention of back pain at the workplace

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 345-352

  van Poppel, Mireille N M ^a,b   Hooftman, Wendela E ^b   Koes, Bart W ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Primary prevention; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BACKACHE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

BRACES; EXERCISE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 4444291839     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh065     Document Type: Review

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