Open AccessJob strain and risk of musculoskeletal symptoms among a prospective cohort of occupational computer users
Author(s) -
Lindsay M. Hannan,
Carolyn Monteilh,
Fredric Gerr,
David G. Kleinbaum,
Michele Marcus
Publication year - 2005
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.921
Subject(s) - job strain , medicine , hazard ratio , psychosocial , confidence interval , musculoskeletal disorder , physical therapy , prospective cohort study , cohort study , cohort , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , emergency medicine , psychiatry
Most previous studies of the association between psychosocial stress and musculoskeletal illness among computer users have been cross-sectional and have yielded inconsistent results. The association between a measure of psychosocial stress, "job strain", and incident neck-shoulder and arm-hand musculoskeletal symptoms was investigated among recently hired computer users.