Musculoskeletal disorders among cosmetologists

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2967-2979

  Tsigonia, Alexandra ^a,b   Tanagra, Dimitra ^c   Linos, Athena ^b   Merekoulias, Georgios ^c   Alexopoulos, Evangelos C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aestheticians; Beauty salons; Beauty therapists; Cosmetologists; Epidemiology; Greece; Musculoskeletal complaints; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BEAUTY THERAPIST; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CHRONICITY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMETOLOGIST; EMPLOYMENT; ERGONOMICS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; GREECE; HAND JOINT; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SHOULDER PAIN; SITTING; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIBRATION; WRIST; WRIST PAIN;

EID: 74549210133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6122967     Document Type: Article

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