Back Belts in the Workplace

Back Belts in the Workplace

Hadler and Carey assess whether a task that causes a worker to develop regional backache should be considered hazardous and the worker injured. They argue that it is more important to focus on the psychosocial elements of life, on and off the job, that render too much of back pain so intolerable tha...

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Veröffentlicht in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2000-12, Vol.284 (21), p.2780-2781
Hauptverfasser: Hadler, Nortin M, Carey, Timothy S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Back
Back Injuries - prevention & control
Back Pain - prevention & control
Humans
Injuries
Occupational Diseases - prevention & control
Occupational hazards
Pain
Protective Clothing
Society
Workplace
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Zusammenfassung:Hadler and Carey assess whether a task that causes a worker to develop regional backache should be considered hazardous and the worker injured. They argue that it is more important to focus on the psychosocial elements of life, on and off the job, that render too much of back pain so intolerable that it is incapacitating.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.284.21.2780