Pre- and postoperative factors associated with return to work following surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 473-478

  Herno, Arto ^a   Airaksinen, Olavi ^a   Saari, Tapani ^a   Svomalainen, Olavi ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

invalidity pension; laminectomy; lumbar spinal stenosis; working capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WORK CAPACITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

AGE FACTORS; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL, RETRAINING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RETIREMENT; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0029817864     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199610)30:4<473::AID-AJIM13>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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