Effectiveness of a questionnaire based intervention programme on the prevalence of arm, shoulder and neck symptoms, risk factors and sick leave in computer workers: A cluster randomised controlled trial in an occupational setting

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Speklé, Erwin M ^a,b,c   Hoozemans, Marco Jm ^a,b   Blatter, Birgitte M ^b,d   Heinrich, Judith ^b,d   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^b   Knol, Dirk L ^b   Bongers, Paulien M ^b,d   Van Dieën, Jaap H ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Arbo Unie OHS   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; RISK FACTOR; ARM INJURY; ARTHROPATHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SHOULDER PAIN; SPONDYLOSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPUTERS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SHOULDER PAIN; SICK LEAVE; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954050573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-99     Document Type: Article

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