Perceived muscular tension predicts future neck - shoulder and arm - wrist - hand symptoms

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 261-267

  Huysmans, Maaike A ^a   Blatter, Birgitte M ^a,b   Van Der Beek, Allard J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; MYALGIA; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER; WRIST;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84858070335     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100279     Document Type: Article

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