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Neck pain combined with arm pain among professional drivers of forest machines and the association with whole-body vibration exposure

B. Rehn Dept. of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, SE - 901 87, Umeå, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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T. Nilsson Dept. of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
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R. Lundström Dept. of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden; Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, University Hospital of Northern Sweden, SE - 901 85, Umeå, Sweden
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M. Hagberg Occupational and Environmental Medicine Sahlgrenska Academy and University Hospital, University of Gothenburg (UGOT), Medicinaregatan 16, Box 414, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden
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L. Burström Dept. of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden
Pages 1240-1247 | Published online: 21 Oct 2010

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Albin Stjernbrandt, Hans Pettersson, Per Vihlborg, Jens Wahlström & Charlotte Lewis. (2023) Occupational exposure to whole-body vibration and neck pain in the Swedish general population. Ergonomics 0:0, pages 1-12.
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Carola Häggström & Ola Lindroos. (2016) Human, technology, organization and environment – a human factors perspective on performance in forest harvesting. International Journal of Forest Engineering 27:2, pages 67-78.
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María L. de la Hoz-Torres, Antonio J. Aguilar, Diego P. Ruiz & Mª Dolores Martínez-Aires. (2022) Whole Body Vibration Exposure Transmitted to Drivers of Heavy Equipment Vehicles: A Comparative Case According to the Short- and Long-Term Exposure Assessment Methodologies Defined in ISO 2631-1 and ISO 2631-5. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19:9, pages 5206.
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Luboš Staněk & Václav Mergl. (2022) Whole Body Vibrations during Fully Mechanised Logging. Forests 13:4, pages 630.
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