Effect of physical exercise interventions on musculoskeletal pain in all body regions among office workers: A one-year randomized controlled trial

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-104

  Andersen, Lars L ^a   Christensen, Karl Bang ^b   Holtermann, Andreas ^a   Poulsen, Otto M ^a   Sjøgaard, Gisela ^c   Pedersen, Mogens T ^d   Hansen, Ernst A ^e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal diseases; Occupational diseases; Occupational health; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELBOW DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER TERMINALS; DENMARK; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73649137879     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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