The predictive relationship of physical activity on the incidence of low back pain in an occupational cohort

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 364-371

  Thiese, Matthew S ^a   Hegmann, Kurt T ^a   Garg, Arun ^b   Porucznik, Christina ^a   Behrens, Timothy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955054422     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31820d1633     Document Type: Article

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