Does occupational lifting and carrying among female health care workers contribute to an escalation of pain-day frequency?

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 290-296

  Holtermann, A ^a   Clausen, T ^a   Aust, B ^a   Mortensen, O S ^a,b   Andersen, L L ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUNK; WEIGHT BEARING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DENMARK; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84873649413     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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