Open AccessTime control, catecholamines and back pain among young nurses
Author(s) -
Achim Elfering,
Simone Grebner,
Norbert K. Semmer,
H Gerber
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.690
Subject(s) - evening , workload , confounding , medicine , physical therapy , job control , low back pain , stressor , back pain , mood , epinephrine , psychology , work (physics) , anesthesia , clinical psychology , alternative medicine , mechanical engineering , physics , pathology , astronomy , computer science , engineering , operating system
This study had two objectives. First, it addressed concern with the contribution of work stressors and resources to the development of back pain, over and above the influence of biomechanical work factors. Second, using recent models about the role of the sympathetic-adrenal medullar system in musculoskeletal problems as its basis, it tested whether low-back pain is associated with higher levels of catecholamines.