Assessment of the impact of lifting device use on low back pain and musculoskeletal injury claims among nurses

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 491-497

  Burdorf, Alex ^a   Koppelaar, Elin ^a   Evanoff, Bradley ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT LIFTING; PATIENT LIFTING DEVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MARKOV CHAINS; MOVING AND LIFTING PATIENTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84879689036     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101210     Document Type: Article

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