Follow-up study of musculoskeletal disorders 20 months after the introduction of a mouse-based computer system

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 374-380

  Arvidsson, Inger ^a   Axmon, Anna ^a   Skerfving, Staffan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air traffic control; Complaint; Diagnosis; Physical examination; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

AIR EXPOSURE; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; MUSCLE; SKELETON; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW DISEASE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 56349089009     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1277     Document Type: Article

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