Musculoskeletal health and work ability in physically demanding occupations: Study protocol for a prospective field study on construction and health care workers

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lunde, Lars Kristian ^a   Koch, Markus ^a   Knardahl, Stein ^a   Wærsted, Morten ^a   Mathiassen, Svend Erik ^b   Forsman, Mikael ^c   Holtermann, Andreas ^d   Veiersted, Kaj Bo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Electromyography; Ground reaction force; Heart rate monitoring; Musculoskeletal disorders; Physical exposures; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; WORK; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SICK LEAVE; WORK; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 84925854697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1075     Document Type: Article

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