Musculoskeletal symptoms and associated risk factors among office workers with high workload computer use

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 534-540

  Cho, Chiung Yu ^a   Hwang, Yea Shwu ^a   Cherng, Rong Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cumulative Trauma Disorders; Human Engineering; Musculoskeletal Pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER USE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; INTERNET; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OFFICE WORKER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINE DISEASE; TAIWAN; TELEVISION VIEWING; UPPER BACK PAIN; WORKLOAD; WRIST DISEASE;

COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84867574910     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: 15326586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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