The impact of posture on wrist tendinosis among blue-collar workers: The san francisco study

Human Factors

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-150

  Harris Adamson, Carisa ^a,b   You, Doohee ^a   Eisen, Ellen A ^a   Goldberg, Robert ^c   Rempel, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

exposure response; incidence; posture; prospective; tendinitis; tendinosis; tendonitis; tendonopathy; wrist

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE; TENDINITIS; TENDINOSIS; TENDONITIS; TENDONOPATHY; WRIST;

SURVEYS;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TENDINITIS; VIDEORECORDING; WRIST;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TENDINOPATHY; VIDEO RECORDING; WRIST;

EID: 84893050363     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720813502807     Document Type: Article

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