Effectiveness of an ergonomic intervention on work-related posture and low back pain in video display terminal operators: A 3 year cross-over trial

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 436-443

  Pillastrini, Paolo ^a   Mugnai, Raffaele ^a   Bertozzi, Lucia ^a   Costi, Stefania ^b   Curti, Stefania ^a   Guccione, Andrew ^c   Mattioli, Stefano ^a   Violante, Francesco S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Posture; Video display terminal

Indexed keywords

CATHODE RAY TUBES; COMPUTER TERMINALS; HEALTH;

CONTROL GROUPS; CROSS OVER; ERGONOMIC INTERVENTION; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN DRAWINGS; POSTURE; VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINALS; WORK-RELATED;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OPERATOR; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SITTING;

EID: 77649192500     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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