Validity of self-reports of knee-straining activities at work: A field study with 6-month follow-up

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-243

  Ditchen, Dirk M ^a   Ellegast, Rolf P ^a   Hartmann, Bernd ^b   Rieger, Monika A ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^b Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance in the Health and Welfare Services   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Field study; Knee pain; Kneeling and squatting; Method comparison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; POSTURE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878470648     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-012-0758-4     Document Type: Article

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