The effectiveness of physical and organisational ergonomic interventions on low back pain and neck pain: A systematic review

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 277-285

  Driessen, Maurice T ^a   Proper, Karin I ^a   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^b   Anema, Johannes R ^a,c   Bongers, Paulien M ^a,d   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERGONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77950572169     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.047548     Document Type: Review

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