Is objectively measured sitting time associated with low back pain? A cross-sectional investigation in the NOMAD study

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Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Gupta, Nidhi ^a   Christiansen, Caroline Stordal ^a   Hallman, David M ^b   Korshøj, Mette ^a   Carneiro, Isabella Gomes ^a   Holtermann, Andreas ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; SITTING; SITTING TIME; WORKING TIME; BODY POSTURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME;

EID: 84926034896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121159     Document Type: Article

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