Developing common metrics of mechanical exposures across aetiological studies of low back pain in working populations for use in meta-analysis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 467-481

  Griffith, L E ^a   Wells, R P ^b   Shannon, H S ^a,c   Walter, S D ^a   Cole, D C ^c,d   Hogg Johnson, S ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FORCE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; METRIC SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; WORKER;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 47049091725     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.034801     Document Type: Article

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