Prevalence of low back pain and associated factors among farmers during the rice transplanting process

Journal of Physical Therapy Science

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2239-2245

  Keawduangdee, Petcharat ^a   Puntumetakul, Rungthip ^a   Swangnetr, Manida ^a   Laohasiriwong, Wongsa ^a   Settheetham, Dariwan ^a   Yamauchi, Junichiro ^b,c   Boucaut, Rose ^d  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Future Institute for Sport Science   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Rice farmers; Rice transplanting process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937879811     PISSN: 09155287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1589/jpts.27.2239     Document Type: Article

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