Occupational low back pain in nursing workers: massage versus pain

Objective: To assess the efficacy of massage for decreasing occupational low back pain in workers of a Nursing team in an Emergency Room. Method: A randomized controlled trial, using a socio-demographic/morbidity questionnaire and a Pain Numeric Scale. Forty-five subjects were randomly allocated for...

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Main Authors: Talita Pavarini Borges, Leonice Fumiko Sato Kurebayashi, Maria Júlia Paes da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-08-01
Series:Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0080-62342014000400670&lng=en&tlng=en