Reliability of occupational therapists in determining safe, maximal lifting capacity

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 110-119

  Gardener, Lisa ^a,b,c   McKenna, Kryss ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ProActive Injury Management   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanical; Functional Capacity Evaluation; Inter rater reliability; Maximum lifting capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0032872133     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1630.1999.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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