Functional capacity evaluation reports for clients with personal injury claims: A content analysis

Occupational Therapy International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 82-95

  Allen, Shelley ^a   Rainwater, Adam ^a   Newbold, Anthony ^a   Deacon, Naomi ^a   Slatter, Kelli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

FCEs; Job analysis; Medico legal; Work capacity evaluations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; SPINAL PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 3042780484     PISSN: 09667903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oti.199     Document Type: Article

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