ArticleSafety and health at work2017
A Lower Level of Physically Demanding Work Is Associated with Excellent Work Ability in Men and Women with Neck Pain in Different Age Groups.
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- WeCanWork study: well-being of male cancer survivors working physically demanding jobs.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Pain, Physical Demands at Work, and Future Work Expectations Among Older Adults in the United States.Innovation in aging · 2023Article
- The impact of musculoskeletal pain and strenuous work on self-reported physical work ability: a cohort study of Swedish men and women.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2022Article
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- The Interplay between Multimorbidity, Physical Work Demands and Work Ability: Cross-Sectional Study among 12,879 Senior Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Sex and Gender Differences in Occupational Hazard Exposures: a Scoping Review of the Recent Literature.Current environmental health reports · 2021Article
- Workability in the Ageing Workforce-A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Work limitations due to neck-shoulder pain and physical work demands in older workers: cross-sectional study.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Article
- Important work demands for reducing sickness absence among workers with neck or upper back pain: a prospective cohort study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Article
- Work-Related Exposures and Sickness Absence Trajectories: A Nationally Representative Follow-up Study among Finnish Working-Aged People.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Factors associated with self-reported work ability among people with multiple sclerosis in Sweden.Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinicalArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate which physical and psychosocial work demands were associated with excellent work ability in individuals with neck pain, and to investigate age and sex differences in these associations.
methodsThe study sample was obtained from the Statistics Sweden cross-sectional Work Environment survey and consisted of workers who reported neck pain after work (
resultsThe findings showed an association between excellent work ability and self-reported
conclusionThis study indicates that a lower level of physically demanding work is an important element to maintain excellent work ability, especially for the older worker with neck pain.
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