Effect of individually tailored biopsychosocial workplace interventions on chronic musculoskeletal pain, stress and work ability among laboratory technicians: randomized controlled trial protocol.

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Published in BMC Musculoskelet Disord on December 18, 2014

Authors

Kenneth Jay1, Mikkel Brandt, Emil Sundstrup, Mc Schraefel, Markus D Jakobsen, Gisela Sjøgaard, Lars L Andersen

Author Affiliations

1: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, Copenhagen, Denmark. kj@ecs.soton.ac.uk.

Associated clinical trials:

Implementation of Physical Exercise at the Workplace (IRMA09) - Laboratory Technicians (IRMA) | NCT02047669

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