Test-retest reliability on nine tasks of the physical work performance evaluation

Work

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-253

  Tuckwell, Nicola L ^a   Straker, Leon ^b   Barrett, Tanya E ^c  

^a Australian Government Department of Human Services   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Functional capacity evaluations (FCE); Physical work performance evaluation; Reliability; Test retest reliability; Vocational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CLIMBING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SITTING; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WALKING; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0036966586     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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