Contribution of individual, workplace, psychosocial and physiological factors to neck pain in female office workers

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 985-991

  Johnston, Venerina ^a   Jimmieson, Nerina L ^a   Jull, Gwendolen ^a   Souvlis, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neck pain; Office work; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK PAIN; OFFICE WORKER; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70349257595     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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