Efficacy of the revised NIOSH lifting equation to predict risk of low back pain due to manual lifting: Expanded cross-sectional analysis

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1061-1067

  Waters, Thomas R ^a   Lu, Ming Lun ^a   Piacitelli, Laurie A ^a   Werren, Dwight ^a   Deddens, James A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 80052739804     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31822cfe5e     Document Type: Article

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