Low back pain and association with whole body vibration among military armoured vehicle drivers in Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-204

  Rozali, Ahmad ^a   Rampal, K G ^b   Shamsul Bahri, M T ^c   Sherina, M S ^c   Shamsul Azhar, S ^b   Khairuddin, H ^a   Sulaiman, A ^a  

^a Division of Malaysian Armed Forces   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Estimated vibration dose value (eVDV); Low back pain; Military armoured vehicle drivers; Tracked armoured vehicles; Wheeled armoured vehicles; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVER; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; TREATMENT DURATION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 77649099587     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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