Low back pain among professional bus drivers: ergonomic and occupational-psychosocial risk factors

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-31

  Alperovitch Najenson, Deborah ^a   Santo, Yoav ^b   Masharawi, Youssef ^a   Katz Leurer, Michal ^a   Ushvaev, Diana ^a   Kalichman, Leonid ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Sigo Consultants   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bus drivers; Low back pain; Risk factors; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIVER; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 76049107345     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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