Test-retest reliability of lifting and carrying in a 2-day functional capacity evaluation

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-275

  Reneman, M F ^a   Dijkstra, P U ^a   Westmaas, M ^b   Goeken L N H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Functional capacity evaluation; Low back pain; Occupational rehabilitation; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LINEAR MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0036885848     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020274624791     Document Type: Article

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