Follow-up of neck and shoulder pain among sewing machine operators: The Los Angeles garment study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 352-360

  Wang, Pin Chieh ^a,b   Harrison, Robert J ^c   Yu, Fei ^a   Rempel, David M ^d   Ritz, Beate R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomic; Garment industry; Immigrant; Musculoskeletal disorder; Neck and shoulder pain; Psychosocial; Recovery; Sewing machine; Sewing machine operator; Work organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLOTHING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949833527     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20790     Document Type: Article

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