The effect of a corporate chair massage program on musculoskeletal discomfort and joint range of motion in office workers

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 617-622

  Šiško, Polona Kršmanc ^a,b   Videmšek, Mateja ^a   Karpljuk, Damir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NONE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SLOVENIA; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79959817058     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0400     Document Type: Article

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