Shoulder injury reduction with post-offer testing

Work

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-123

  Harbin, Gary L ^a,b   Shenoy, Catherine ^c   Garcia, Amy ^d   Olson, John C ^a  

^a Salina Sports Medicine Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d Wichita Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

fitness to work; Occupational accidents; work capacity evaluation; workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHOULDER; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHOULDER; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960764097     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2011-1158     Document Type: Article

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