Stay@Work: Participatory Ergonomics to prevent low back and neck pain among workers: Design of a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the (cost-)effectiveness

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Driessen, Maurice T ^a   Anema, Johannes R ^a   Proper, Karin I ^a   Bongers, Paulien M ^a,b   Beek, Allard J Van Der ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; WORKLOAD; BIOENGINEERING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NECK PAIN; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 56849131502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-145     Document Type: Article

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