Risk of musculoskeletal disorders among females and males in repetitive/ constrained work

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1226-1239

  Nordander, Catarina ^a   Ohlsson, Kerstina ^a   Åkesson, Ingrid ^a   Arvidsson, Inger ^a   Balogh, Istvan ^a   Hansson, Gert Åke ^a   Stromberg, Ulf ^a   Rittner, Ralf ^a   Skerfving, Staffan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Physical examination; Questionnaire; Shoulder; Tension neck syndrome; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER; TENSION NECK SYNDROME; UPPER LIMB;

INDUSTRY; RISK PERCEPTION; SHOULDERS (ROAD); VOLTAGE CONTROL;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW DISEASE; EPICONDYLITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OFFICE WORKER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER DISEASE; TENDINITIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOULDER; SWEDEN; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350338082     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130903056071     Document Type: Article

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