Knee and low back complaints in professional hospital nurses: Occurrence, chronicity, care seeking and absenteeism

Work

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-335

  Alexopoulos, Evangelos C ^a   Tanagra, Dimitra ^a   Detorakis, Ioannis ^a   Gatsi, Panagiota ^b   Goroyia, Antigoni ^b   Michalopoulou, Maria ^b   Jelastopulu, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Healthcare School   (Greece)

Author keywords

knee pain; low back pain; Musculoskeletal disorders; nursing personnel; South west Greece

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79956073441     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2011-1136     Document Type: Article

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