Work-related risk factors for low back pain in firefighters. Is exercise helpful?

Sport Sciences for Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-22

  Katsavouni, Fani ^a,b   Bebetsos, Evangelos ^a   Antoniou, Panagiotis ^a   Malliou, Paraskevi ^a   Beneka, Anastasia ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Exercise; Firefighters; Low back pain; Musculoskeletal disorder; Occupational activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897104128     PISSN: 18247490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11332-013-0167-4     Document Type: Article

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