Musculoskeletal symptoms of the upper extremities and the neck: a cross-sectional study on prevalence and symptom-predicting factors at visual display terminal (VDT) workstations.
Background: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and the predictors of musculoskeletal symptoms in the upper extremities and neck at visual display terminal (VDT) workstations.Methods: In a cross-sectional study 1,065 employees working at VDT > 1 h/d completed a standardised questio...
| Publicado en: | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders Vol. 9; pp. 96 - 97 |
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BioMed Central
2008
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