The physical workload of nursing personnel: Association with musculoskeletal discomfort

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 859-867

  Menzel, Nancy N ^a   Brooks, Stuart M ^b   Bernard, Thomas E ^b   Nelson, Audrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee pain; Lifting; Manual handling; Nurse; Work related musculoskeletal disorders; Wrist pain

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT CARE; SOLDIER; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; WRIST;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 5144230831     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.03.012     Document Type: Article

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