The Course of Nonspecific Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders and the Influence of Demographic Factors, Psychologic Factors, and Physical Fitness on Clinical Status and Disability

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 862-867

  van Eijsden Besseling, Marjon D ^a,c   van den Bergh, Karien A ^b   Staal, J Bart ^c   de Bie, Rob A ^c   van den Heuvel, Wim J ^c,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; WORKER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 77952724461     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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