Neck pain and postural balance among workers with high postural demands - A cross-sectional study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jørgensen, Marie B ^a,b   Skotte, Jørgen H ^a   Holtermann, Andreas ^a   Sjøgaard, Gisela ^c   Petersen, Nicolas C ^b,d   Søgaard, Karen ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLEANER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERTURBATION TEST; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ROMBERG TEST; STANDING; WORKER;

EID: 79960855981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-176     Document Type: Article

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