A Framework for the Classification and Diagnosis of Work-Related Upper Extremity Conditions: Systematic Review

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 296-311

  Boocock, Mark G ^a   Collier, Jill M K ^a   McNair, Peter J ^a   Simmonds, Marian ^a   Larmer, Peter J ^a   Armstrong, Bridget ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

definition; diagnosis; musculoskeletal disorders; terminology; upper extremity conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CELLULITIS; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; EPICONDYLITIS; FIBROMYALGIA; HAND ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURITIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDINITIS; TENOSYNOVITIS; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; TRIGGER FINGER; WORKPLACE; WRIST;

HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 58549103339     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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