Return-to-work interventions for low back pain: A descriptive review of contents and concepts of working mechanisms

Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 251-267

  Staal, J Bart ^a   Hlobil, Hynek ^a,b   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a   Köke, Albère J A ^c   Smid, Tjabe ^a,b   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KLM Health Services   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MODEL; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 0036222142     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200232040-00004     Document Type: Review

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