Ergonomie intervention in the of a patient with upper and neck pain

Physical Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-360

  Fabrizio, Philip ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN CLINIC; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AUTOMATION; BIOENGINEERING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; WORD PROCESSING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 64749094487     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080209     Document Type: Article

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