Clinical Tools to Facilitate Workplace Accommodation After Treatment for an Upper Extremity Disorder

Assistive Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 94-105

  Shaw, William S ^a   Feuerstein, Michael ^b   Miller, Virginia I ^c   Lincoln, Andrew E ^d  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c United States Department of Labor   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case management; Ergonomic exposure; Job accommodation; Work related upper extremity disorders

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCOMODATION; INTEGRATED CASE MANAGEMENT (ICM);

WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

ACCOMMODATION; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ARM INJURIES; CASE MANAGEMENT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035784172     PISSN: 10400435     EISSN: 19493614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2001.10132040     Document Type: Article

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