Work hardening in an early return to work program for nurses with back injury

Work

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-156

  Cooper, J E ^a,b   Tate, R ^b   Yassi, A ^b  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back injury; Work assessment; Work hardening; Workplace intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; WORK RESUMPTION; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031050129     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/wor-1997-8205     Document Type: Article

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