Self-reported pain and physical signs for musculoskeletal disorders in the upper body region among Los Angeles garment workers

Work

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-87

  Wang, Pin Chieh ^a,b   Rempel, David M ^c   Hurwitz, Eric L ^e   Harrison, Robert J ^d   Janowitz, Ira ^c   Ritz, Beate R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Correlation; Physical examination; Physical sign; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER; UNITED STATES; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70549090937     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0904     Document Type: Article

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