Open AccessImpact of ergonomic intervention on back pain among nurses
Author(s) -
Julia Smedley,
Fiona Trevelyan,
Hazel Inskip,
Peter Buckle,
Cyrus Cooper,
David Coggon
Publication year - 2003
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.713
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , baseline (sea) , low back pain , physical therapy , human factors and ergonomics , nursing , environmental health , poison control , alternative medicine , oceanography , pathology , geology
This study assessed the impact of ergonomic intervention on rates of low-back pain among hospital nurses.