Does body mass index increase the risk of low back pain in a population exposed to whole body vibration?

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 779-785

  Noorloos, Daniëlle ^a   Tersteeg, Linda ^a   Tiemessen, Ivo J H ^a   Hulshof, Carel T J ^a   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Low back pain; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

BODY MASS INDEX (BMI); LOW BACK PAIN (LBP); WHOLE BODY VIBRATION (WBV);

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAR DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; WORKING TIME;

EID: 45049083062     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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