Open AccessWork-related risk factors for the incidence and recurrence of shoulder and neck complaints among nursing-home and elderly-care workers
Author(s) -
Jolanda J. Luime,
Judith I. Kuiper,
B.W. Koes,
Jan A N Verhaar,
Harald S. Miedema,
Alex Burdorf
Publication year - 2004
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.795
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , incidence (geometry) , odds ratio , confidence interval , physical therapy , workload , cohort study , multivariate analysis , prospective cohort study , cohort , physics , psychiatry , computer science , optics , operating system
This study assessed the differences and similarities in the incidence and recurrence of shoulder and neck complaints with respect to work-related physical, psychosocial, and personal risk factors.