Baggage handler seniority and musculoskeletal symptoms: Is heavy lifting in awkward positions associated with the risk of pain?

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Bern, Stine Hvid ^a   Brauer, Charlotte ^a   Møller, Karina Lauenborg ^b   Koblauch, Henrik ^c   Thygesen, Lau Caspar ^b   Simonsen, Erik Bruun ^c   Alkjær, Tine ^c   Bonde, Jens Peter ^a   Mikkelsen, Sigurd ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRPORT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACK; BAGGAGE HANDLER; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELBOW; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER; SMOKING; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD; WRIST;

EID: 84889607049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004055     Document Type: Article

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