Safety issues in functional capacity evaluation: Findings from a trial of a new approach for evaluating clients with chronic back pain

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-251

  Gibson, Libby ^a   Strong, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic back pain; Functional capacity evaluation; Occupational rehabilitation; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SAFETY; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 17644382638     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-005-1222-z     Document Type: Article

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