Workstyle: development of a measure of response to work in those with upper extremity pain.
Workstyle or the behavioral, cognitive, and physiological response that can occur in some individuals to increases in work demands has been proposed to help explain the link between ergonomic and psychosocial factors in the exacerbation of work-related upper extremity symptoms. Currently, there is n...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 87 - 105 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2005
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