Work related complaints of neck, shoulder and arm among computer office workers: A cross-sectional evaluation of prevalence and risk factors in a developing country

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ranasinghe, Priyanga ^a   Perera, Yashasvi S ^a   Lamabadusuriya, Dilusha A ^a   Kulatunga, Supun ^a   Jayawardana, Naveen ^a   Rajapakse, Senaka ^a   Katulanda, Prasad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Computer workers; Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal diseases; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ABSENTEEISM; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHECKLIST; COMPLAINT OF ARM NECK AND SHOULDER; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOREARM; GENDER; HAND DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OFFICE WORKER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SHOULDER DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SRI LANKA; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; ARM INJURY; AUTOMATION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER PAIN; WORKPLACE;

SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OFFICE AUTOMATION; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SRI LANKA; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961102537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-70     Document Type: Article

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