Return to work after surgery for lumbar disc herniation: A rehabilitation-oriented approach in insurance medicine

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 872-876

  Donceel, Peter ^a   Du Bois, Marc ^b   Lahaye, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intervention; Lumbar disc herniation; Outcomes; Rehabilitation; Return to work; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE, MAJOR MEDICAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SPINAL FUSION; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0033135854     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199905010-00007     Document Type: Article

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