Spine compression characteristics associated with back pain symptoms of healthcare workers

Advances in Human Aspects of Healthcare

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 501-508

  Reischl, Uwe ^a   Goonetilleke, Ravindra S ^b   Swoboda, Christine ^c  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c US Army Reserves   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain diagnostics; Spine compression and recovery; Work induced stature changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893441859     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b12318     Document Type: Chapter

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