Ergonomic design and training for preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb and neck in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Hoe, Victor C W ^a   Urquhart, Donna M ^b   Kelsall, Helen L ^b   Sim, Malcolm R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM SUPPORT; COST; DICHOTOMY SCALE; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB CHANGE; LIKERT SCALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT LIFTING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SHOULDER PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK DISABILITY; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE; ADULT; ARM; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT EDUCATION; REST;

ADULT; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REST; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84866749313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008570.pub2     Document Type: Review

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