Complaints of the arm, neck and shoulder among computer office workers in Sudan: A prevalence study with validation of an Arabic risk factors questionnaire

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Eltayeb, Shahla M ^a,b   Staal, J Bart ^a   Hassan, Amar A ^b   Awad, Salwa S ^b   De Bie, Rob A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAASTRICHT UPPER EXTREMITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; OFFICE WORKER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELECOMMUNICATION; WORK SCHEDULE; ARAB; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER PAIN; SUDAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ARABS; ARM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; SUDAN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 47649113117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-33     Document Type: Article

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