A randomized controlled trial of the effect of participatory ergonomic low back pain training on workplace improvement

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 256-266

  Kajiki, Shigeyuki ^a   Izumi, Hiroyuki ^a   Hayashida, Kenshi ^a   Kusumoto, Akira ^a   Nagata, Tomohisa ^a   Mori, Koji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action Checklist (ACL); Low Back Pain (LBP); Participatory Action Oriented Training (PAOT); Participatory Ergonomics (PE); Participatory Workplace Improvement (PWI); Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019616930     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.16-0244-OA     Document Type: Article

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