Return to gainful work by patients suffering from lumbar discopathy after rehabilitation within the framework of an insurance prevention programme

Neurologie und Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 291-294

  Rycerski, W ^a   Opara, J ^a,b,c  

^a Repty Rehab Centre   (Poland)

^b OPOLE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Repty Gornoslaskie Centrum Rehab   (Poland)

Author keywords

Back pain; Capacity; Discopathy; Gainful work; Invalidity; Prevention; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURALGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

EID: 0036971223     PISSN: 09472177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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