Development of a risk score for low back pain in office workers -a cross-sectional study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Janwantanakul, Prawit ^a   Pensri, Praneet ^a   Moolkay, Patriya ^a   Jiamjarasrangsi, Wiroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOLIOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINE STABILIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORK; WORK EXPERIENCE; ADOLESCENT; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78951477002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-23     Document Type: Article

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