The influence of individual low back health status on workplace trunk kinematics and risk of low back disorder

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1226-1237

  Ferguson, Sue A ^a   Marras, William S ^a   Burr, Deborah L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial ergonomics; Low back disorder risk

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HEALTH; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ASYMTOMATIC CONTROLS; BACK DISORDERS; INJURIES; RISK MEASUREMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; JOB PERFORMANCE; KINEMATICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SPINE DISEASE; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRUNK; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 4544248222     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130410001712636     Document Type: Article

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