The Prognostic Value of Functional Capacity Evaluation in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: Part 1 - Timely Return to Work

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 914-919

  Gross, Douglas P ^a   Battié, Michele C ^a   Cassidy, J David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Low back pain; Prediction; Predictive validity; Prognosis; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISERNHAGEN WORK SYSTEMS EVALUATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK CAPACITY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; BACK INJURIES; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK LEAVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842783570     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200404150-00019     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Amick BC 3rd, Lerner D, Rogers WH, et al. A review of health-related work outcome measures and their uses, and recommended measures. Spine. 2000;25:3152-60.
2. Crook J, Milner R, Schultz IZ, et al. Determinants of occupational disability following a low back injury: a critical review of the literature. J Occup Rehabil. 2002;12:277-95.
3. Truchon M, Fillion L. Biopsychosocial determinants of chronic disability and low-back pain: a review. J Occup Rehab. 2000;10:117-42.
4. van der Giezen AM, Bouter LM, Nijhuis FJ. Prediction of return-to-work of low back pain patients sicklisted for 3-4 months. Pain. 2000;87:285-94.
5. McIntosh G, Frank J, Hogg-Johnson S, et al. Prognostic factors for time receiving workers' compensation benefits in a cohort of patients with low back pain. Spine. 2000;25:147-57.
6. Cocchiarella L, Andersson GBJ. Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association; 2001.
7. Hunt DG, Zuberbier OA, Kozlowski AJ, et al. Are components of a comprehensive medical assessment predictive of work disability after an episode of occupational low back trouble? Spine. 2002;27:2715-9.
8. King PM, Tuckwell N, Barrett TE. A critical review of functional capacity evaluations. Phys Ther. 1998;78:852-66.
9. Wyman DO. Evaluating patients for return to work. Am Fam Phys. 1999;59:844-8.
10. Innes E, Straker L. A clinician's guide to work-related assessments: 1-purposes and problems. Work. 1998;11:183-9.
11. Isernhagen SJ. The Comprehensive Guide to Work Injury Management. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers; 1995.
12. Innes E, Straker L. Validity of work-related assessments. Work. 1999;13:125-52.
13. Matheson LN, Isernhagen SJ, Hart DL. Relationships among lifting ability, grip force, and return to work. Phys Ther. 2002;82:249-56.
14. Fishbain DA, Cutler RB, Rosomoff H, et al. Validity of the dictionary of occupational titles residual functional capacity battery. Clin J Pain. 1999;15:102-10.
15. Altman DG, Lyman GH. Methodological challenges in the evaluation of prognostic factors in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 1998;52:289-303.
16. Isernhagen SJ. Functional capacity evaluation: rationale, procedure, utility of the kinesiophysical approach. J Occup Rehab. 1992;2:157-68.
17. United States. Employment and Training Administration. Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Indianapolis, IN: JIST Works; 1991:1404.
18. Gross DP, Battié MC. Reliability of safe maximum lifting determinations of a functional capacity evaluation. Phys Ther. 2002;82:364-71.
19. Reneman MF, Dijkstra PU, Westmaas M, et al. Test-retest reliability of lifting and carrying in a 2-day functional capacity evaluation. J Occup Rehabil. 2002;12:269-75.
20. Tait RC, Chibnall JT, Krause S. The Pain Disability Index: psychometric properties. Pain. 1990;40:171-82.
21. Gronblad M, Hupli M, Wennerstrand P, et al. Intercorrelation and test-retest reliability of the Pain Disability Index (PDI) and the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire (ODQ) and their correlation with pain intensity in low back pain patients. Clin J Pain. 1993;9:189-95.
22. Canada. Human Resources Development Canada. National Occupational Classification, 2001: Occupational Descriptions. Ottawa. 2001.
23. Kleinbaum DG. Survival Analysis: A Self-learning Text. Statistics in the Health Sciences. New York, NY: Springer; 1996.
24. Hosmer DW, Lemeshow S. Applied Survival Analysis: Regression Modeling of Time to Event Data. New York, NY: Wiley; 1999:386.
25. Schemper M. The relative importance of prognostic factors in studies of survival. Stat Med. 1993;12:2377-82.
26. Schemper M, Stare J. Explained variation in survival analysis. Stat Med. 1996;15:1999-2012.
27. Harrell FE Jr, Lee KL, Mark DB. Multivariable prognostic models: issues in developing models, evaluating assumptions and adequacy, and measuring and reducing errors. Stat Med. 1996;15:361-87.
28. Harrell FE Jr, Lee KL, Matchar DB, et al. Regression models for prognostic prediction: advantages, problems, and suggested solutions. Cancer Treat Rep. 1985;69:1071-7.