Treatment and ergonomics training of work-related lower back pain and body posture problems for nurses

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 1776-1784

  Jaromi, Melinda ^a   Nemeth, Andrea ^a   Kranicz, Janos ^a   Laczko, Tamas ^a   Betlehem, Jozsef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Back school; Biomechanical posture analysis; Chronic low back pain; Ergonomics education; Healthcare workers; Zebris WinSpine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE;

EID: 84862114355     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04089.x     Document Type: Article

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