What constitutes effective manual handling training? A systematic review

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-107

  Clemes, Stacy A ^a   Haslam, Cheryl O ^a   Haslam, Roger A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care; Injuries; Interventions; Low back pain; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BIOENGINEERING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT LIFTING; SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

BACK INJURIES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EXERCISE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LOW BACK PAIN; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77950110116     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp127     Document Type: Article

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