Identifying factors associated with low back pain among employees working at a package producing industry

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-32

  Yildirim, Yucel ^a   Gunay, Sevtap ^b   Karadibak, Didem ^c  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Ataturk Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ergonomics; Low back pain; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYNAMOMETER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; SMOKING; SPORT; STANDING; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORKING TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ERGONOMICS; LOW BACK PAIN; RISK FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893789349     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: 18786324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-130415     Document Type: Article

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