Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among Nigerian Physiotherapists

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Adegoke, Babatunde O A ^a   Akodu, Ashiyat K ^a   Oyeyemi, Adewale L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NIGERIA; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NECK PAIN; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 51649107621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-112     Document Type: Article

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