Impact of a web-based stress management and health promotion program on neck-shoulder-back pain in knowledge workers? 12 Month prospective controlled follow-up

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 667-676

  Schell, Elisabet ^a   Theorell, Tores ^b   Hasson, Dan ^a,c   Arnetz, Bengt ^c,d   Saraste, Helena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLISHING; STRESS MANAGEMENT; WEB BROWSER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; KINESIOTHERAPY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER PAIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58949086549     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181757a0c     Document Type: Article

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