The influence of personal variables on work-related low-back disorders and implications for future research
Dempsey, Patrick G. ; Burdorf, Alex ; Webster, Barbara S.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1997
39
8
748-759
back disorders ; epidemiologic study ; individual variables ; occupation disease relation ; occupational risks
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD)
English
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Studies concerning the influence of personal variables on work-related low-back disorders are reviewed. It is suggested that age, sex, injury history, relative strength, smoking and psychosocial variables should be studied further, and that height, weight, pathologies, genetic factors, maximum oxygen uptake and absolute strength are unlikely to produce significant effects in industrial populations.
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