Active or passive treatment for neck-shoulder pain in occupational health care? A randomized controlled trial

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 422-424

  Savolainen, Aslak ^a,b   Ahlberg, Jari ^a,b   Nummila, Hanna ^a   Nissinen, Maunu ^a,c  

^a Finnish Broadcasting Company   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Manipulation; Neck shoulder pain; Physiotherapeutic exercises

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; THORACIC SPINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SHOULDER; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644254552     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh070     Document Type: Article

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