Construct Validity of a Kinesiophysical Functional Capacity Evaluation Administered within a Worker's Compensation Environment

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-295

  Gross, Douglas P ^a   Battié, Michele C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Functional capacity evaluation; Low back pain; Physical performance measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOLOGY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT LIFTING; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0348165930     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026276822721     Document Type: Article

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