Review Article: Is sitting-while-at-work associated with low back pain? A systematic, critical literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 230-239

  Hartvigsen, Jan ^a   Leboeuf Yde, Charlotte ^b   Lings, Svend ^c   Corder, Elisabeth H ^d  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

^b Medical Research Unit   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

epidemiology; literature review; low back pain; occupation; risk factors; sedentary; work

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BODY POSTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; WORK;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 84993698706     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948000280030201     Document Type: Review

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