Effects of psychosocial and individual psychological factors on the onset of musculoskeletal pain: common and site-specific effects

ES Nahit, IM Hunt, M Lunt, G Dunn, AJ Silman… - Annals of the …, 2003 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: To determine whether adverse psychosocial and individual psychological factors
increase the risk of pain across regional sites. Methods: A prospective study was conducted …

Evaluation of work-related psychosocial factors and regional musculoskeletal pain: results from a EULAR Task Force

GJ Macfarlane, N Pallewatte, P Paudyal… - Annals of the …, 2009 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives: To establish whether review articles provide consistent conclusions on
associations between workplace psychosocial factors and musculoskeletal pain and, if …

The influence of work related psychosocial factors and psychological distress on regional musculoskeletal pain: a study of newly employed workers.

ES Nahit, CM Pritchard, NM Cherry, AJ Silman… - The Journal of …, 2001 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: To determine the influence of short term work related psychosocial factors
(work demands, job control, and social support) and psychological distress on regional pain …

Mechanical injury and psychosocial factors in the work place predict the onset of widespread body pain: a two‐year prospective study among cohorts of newly …

EF Harkness, GJ Macfarlane, E Nahit… - Arthritis & …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Mechanical injury has been postulated as a risk factor for widespread pain,
although to date, the evidence is weak. The aim of this study was to determine whether …

Risk factors for more severe regional musculoskeletal symptoms: A two‐year prospective study of a general working population

JH Andersen, JP Haahr, P Frost - Arthritis & Rheumatism, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To quantify the relative contribution of work‐related physical and psychosocial
factors, individual factors, and health‐related factors to the development of more severe …

Predicting the onset of knee pain: results from a 2-year prospective study of new workers

GT Jones, EF Harkness, ES Nahit, J McBeth… - Annals of the …, 2007 - ard.bmj.com
Objective: To determine the relative contribution of work-related mechanical (injury) factors
and psychosocial factors to the onset of a new episode of knee pain, in a cohort of newly …

Psychosocial risks for low back pain: are these related to work?

AC Papageorgiou, PR Croft, E Thomas… - Annals of the …, 1998 - ard.bmj.com
OBJECTIVES To examine whether psychosocial risks for low back pain, reported in previous
studies, are specific to the working population or are more widely relevant. METHODS A …

The role of workplace low-level mechanical trauma, posture and environment in the onset of chronic widespread pain

J McBeth, EF Harkness, AJ Silman… - Rheumatology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Background. We have recently demonstrated that individual psychosocial factors are
important predictors of the onset of chronic widespread pain. It has been hypothesized that …

Association of occupational physical demands and psychosocial working environment with disabling shoulder pain

DP Pope, AJ Silman, NM Cherry, C Pritchard… - Annals of the …, 2001 - ard.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE To estimate the individual and combined associations of physical and
psychosocial working environment with disabling shoulder pain and to identify groups at …

Work-related psychosocial factors and chronic pain: a prospective cohort study in Canadian workers

JA Kopec, EC Sayre - Journal of occupational and environmental …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether organizational and
psychosocial aspects of work experience affect the risk of chronic pain conditions. Methods …