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The social readjustment rating scale

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A Self-Rating Depression Scale

1965 • 8,816 citations

Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire

2006 • 3,725 citations

The Use of Surface Electromyography in Biomechanics

1997 • 3,031 citations

Revised NIOSH equation for the design and evaluation of manual lifting tasks

1993 • 1,918 citations

Physical Measurements as Risk Indicators for Low-Back Trouble Over a One-Year Period

1984 • 1,337 citations

A Prospective Study of Work Perceptions and Psychosocial Factors Affecting the Report of Back Injury

1991 • 802 citations

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1983 • 757 citations

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A comparison of peak vs cumulative physical work exposure risk factors for the reporting of low back pain in the automotive industry

1998 • 627 citations

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1996 • 586 citations

A Longitudinal Study of Low-Back Pain as Associated with Occupational Weight Lifting Factors

1973 • 492 citations

Lumbar Muscle Fatigue and Chronic Lower Back Pain

1989 • 488 citations

Epidemiology and Impact of Low-Back Pain

1980 • 486 citations

Biomechanical risk factors for occupationally related low back disorders

1996 • 450 citations

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2000 • 421 citations

Back Injuries in Industry: A Retrospective Study

1986 • 327 citations

Static back endurance and the risk of low-back pain

1995 • 325 citations

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2000 • 319 citations

Personal Risk Factors for First-Time Low Back Pain

1999 • 310 citations

Strength and fitness and subsequent back injuries in firefighters

1980 • 297 citations

Use of Noninvasive Techniques for Quantification of Spinal Range-of-Motion in Normal Subjects and Chronic Low-Back Dysfunction Patients

1984 • 296 citations

Life-style and future health: Evidence from the Alameda County study

1980 • 264 citations

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1996 • 260 citations

Electromyographic Median Frequency Changes During Isometric Contraction of the Back Extensors to Fatigue

1994 • 257 citations

Use of the surface EMG signal for performance evaluation of back muscles

1993 • 253 citations

Smoking and Low Back Pain

1999 • 249 citations

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The relationship between psychosocial work characteristics and low back pain: underlying methodological issues

2000 • 241 citations

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1981 • 229 citations

A Longitudinal, Prospective Study of Industrial Back Injury Reporting

1992 • 216 citations

Low-Back Pain in 40− to 47-Year-Old Men

1983 • 206 citations

Psychosocial Factors in the Workplace-Do They Predict New Episodes of Low Back Pain?

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Back Injuries in Industry: A Retrospective Study

1986 • 195 citations

1987 Volvo Award in Clinical Sciences: The Perception of Back Pain and the Role of Psychophysical Tests of Lifting Capacity

1987 • 174 citations

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Medical, Social and Occupational History As Risk Indicators for Low-Back Trouble in a General Population

1986 • 171 citations

The use of surface EMG power spectral analysis in the evaluation of back muscle function.

1997 • 169 citations

Isometric Lifting Strength As a Predictor of Industrial Back Pain Reports

1989 • 167 citations

FATIGUE, RECOVERY AND LOW BACK PAIN IN VARSITY ROWERS

1980 • 162 citations

The Classification of Anatomic- and Symptom-based Low Back Disorders Using Motion Measure Models

1995 • 161 citations

A literature review of low back disorder surveillance measures and risk factors

1997 • 160 citations

A technique for quantifying the bending moment acting on the lumbar spine in vivo

1991 • 157 citations

Investigation of the relation between low back pain and occupation. IV. Physical requirements: bending, rotation, reaching and sudden maximal effort.

1973 • 153 citations

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1986 • 149 citations

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1974 • 143 citations

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1987 • 129 citations

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1995 • 121 citations

The Effects of Quadriceps Fatigue on the Technique of Lifting

1993 • 119 citations

Psychological Questionnaires: Do “Abnormal” Scores Precede or Follow First-time Low Back Pain?

1996 • 116 citations

Investigation of the relation between low back pain and occupation. V. Psychological aspects.

1973 • 109 citations

Fatigue, recovery, and low back pain in varsity rowers

1990 • 107 citations

Calibration of position and angular data from a magnetic tracking device

2000 • 99 citations

Physical Fitness and Chronic Low Back Pain

1988 • 97 citations

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Cinematographic Analysis of the Passive Straight-Leg-Raising Test for Hamstring Muscle Length

1982 • 92 citations

Does Leisure Time Physical Activity Prevent Low Back Disorders?

1993 • 85 citations

The effect of load on the coordination of the trunk for subjects with and without chronic low back pain during flexion–extension and lateral bending tasks

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Exercise, posture, and back pain during pregnancy

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Psychologic Factors in Low-Back-Pain Disability

1985 • 77 citations

Comparison of Spinal Health Indicators in Predicting Spinal Status in a 1-Year Longitudinal Study

1993 • 77 citations

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1979 • 76 citations

Effects of a three‐month therapeutic exercise programme on flexibility in subjects with low back pain

2000 • 75 citations

Isokinetic Lifting Strength and Occupational Injury

1992 • 69 citations

Physiological and subjective responses to maximal repetitive lifting employing stoop and squat technique

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A one-year prospective study of low back trouble in a general population. The prognostic value of low back history and physical measurements.

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Industrial Back Pain Complaints A Broader Perspective

1991 • 58 citations

Influence of weight and frequency on thigh and lower-trunk motion during repetitive lifting employing stoop and squat techniques

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1991 • 49 citations

Study of Distribution and Characteristics of Spinal Disorders Using a Validated Questionnaire in a Group of Male Subjects Not Exposed to Occupational Spinal Risk Factors

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Type A behaviour and self‐reports of coping preferences

1984 • 45 citations

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1995 • 43 citations

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Evaluation of a long-range transmitter for use with a magnetic tracking device in motion analysis

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A comparison of the characteristics of preferred low-back motion of normal subjects and low-back-pain patients.

1991 • 37 citations

Modelling of maximum acceptable load of lifting by physical factors

1987 • 21 citations

Quantitative assessment of the control capability of the trunk muscles during oscillatory bending motion under a new experimental protocol

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1987 • 8 citations

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1998 • 4 citations