Biomechanical, psychosocial and individual risk factors predicting low back functional impairment among furniture distribution employees

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-123

  Ferguson, Sue A ^a   Allread, W Gary ^a   Burr, Deborah L ^b   Heaney, Catherine ^c   Marras, William S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACGIH; Biomechanical; Low back disorder; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ACGIH; AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF GOVERNMENTAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS; BIOMECHANICAL; DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; JOB TENURE; LOW BACK; LOW BACK DISORDER; LOW BACK INJURY; LUMBAR MOTION MONITOR; MANUAL MATERIAL HANDLING; MODEL SENSITIVITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL; RISK FACTORS; RISK MODEL; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH RISKS; MATERIALS HANDLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FURNITURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; LOW BACK FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84856470993     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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