Software-recorded and self-reported duration of computer use in relation to the onset of severe arm-wrist-hand pain and neck-shoulder pain

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 502-509

  IJmker, Stefan ^a,b   Huysmans, Maaike A ^a   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a   Knol, Dirk L ^a   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a   Bongers, Paulien M ^a,b   Blatter, Birgitte M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; WRIST PAIN;

ADULT; ARM; COMPUTERS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; WRIST;

EID: 79958285553     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.056267     Document Type: Article

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