Development of a simple measurement scale to evaluate the severity of non specific low back pain for industrial ergonomics

Ergonomics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 801-811

  Higuchi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Izumi, Hiroyuki ^b   Kumashiro, Mashaharu ^b  

^a FUKUOKA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Categorical component analysis; Mokken scale analysis; Occupational low back pain; Questionnaire; Severity evaluation

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT SCALE; CAR MANUFACTURING; COMPONENT ANALYSIS; DEGREE OF RISKS; HIERARCHICAL LEVEL; INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS; LOW BACK PAIN; MEASUREMENT SCALE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; REMEDIAL MEASURES; SCALE ANALYSIS; SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; ERGONOMICS; STATISTICS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CAR; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952598685     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2010.489652     Document Type: Article

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