Physical rehabilitation with ergonomic intervention of currently working keyboard operators with nonspecific/type II work-related upper limb disorder: A prospective study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-81

  Povlsen, Bo ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human engineering; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KEYBOARD; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; SELF CARE; SELF REHABILITATION; TRAINING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK RELATED UPPER LIMB DISORDER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84855533913     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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