Evaluation of musculoskeletal disorders in sewing machine operators of a shoe manufacturing factory in iran

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages S-20-S-25

  Aghili, Mir Masih Moslemi ^a   Asilian, Hasan ^b   Poursafa, Parinaz ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Musculoskeletal disorders; Nordic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE BURDEN; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OPERATOR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR; SHOE INDUSTRY; SMOKING; THIGH; TRAINING; AGED; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SHOE; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; SHOES; WORK;

EID: 84866149688     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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