Predictors of return to work following traumatic work-related lower extremity amputation

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 613-618

  Hebert, Jackie S ^a   Ashworth, Nigel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidents; Amputation; Amputee; Employment; Lower extremity; Occupational; Traumatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOOT AMPUTATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; LEG AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TOE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33646695670     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500265219     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Kay, H and Newman, J. (1975) Relative incidences of new amputations: Statistical comparisons of 6,000 new amputees Orthot Prosthet, 29, pp. 3-16.
2. Pezzin, L and Dillingham, T and MacKenzie, E. (2000) Rehabilitation and the long-term outcomes of persons with trauma-related amputations Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 81, pp. 292-300.
3. Curley, M and Walsh, J and Triplett, R. (1982) Some adjustment indices of oral-maxillofacial war casualties, limb amputees, and noninjured veterans Military Med, 147, pp. 572-574.
4. Millstein, S and Bain, D and Hunter, A. (1985) A review of employment patterns of industrial amputees-Factors influencing rehabilitation Prosthet Orthot Int, 9, pp. 69-78.
5. Schoppen, T and Boonstra, A and Groothoff, J and van Sonderen, E and Göeken, L and Eisma, W. (2001) Factors related to successful job reintegration of people with a lower limb amputation Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 82, pp. 1425-1431.
6. Schoppen, T and Boonstra, A and Groothoff, J and de Vries, J and Göeken, L and Eisma, W. (2001) Employment status, job characteristics, and work-related health experience of people with a lower limb amputation in the Netherlands Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 82, pp. 239-245.
7. Bruins, M and Geertzen, J and Groothoff, J and Schoppen, T. (2003) Vocational reintegration after a lower limb amputation: A qualitative study Prosthet Orthot Int, 27, pp. 4-10.
8. Whyte, A and Carroll, L. (2002) A preliminary examination of the relationship between employment, pain and disability in an amputee population Disabil Rehabil, 24, pp. 462-470.
9. Sheikh, K. (1985) Return to work following limb injuries J Soc Occup Med, 35, pp. 114-117.
10. Pedersen, P and Damholt, V. (1994) Rehabilitation after amputation following lower limb fracture J Trauma, 36, pp. 195-197.
11. Pozo, J and Powell, B and Andrews, B and Hutton, P and Clarke, J. (1990) The timing of amputation for lower limb trauma J Bone Joint Surg Br, 72, pp. 288-292.
12. Hosmer, D and Lemeshow, S. (1989) Model-building strategies and methods for logistic regression. In Applied logistic regression. (pp. 82-134). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
13. Gerhards, F and Florin, I and Knapp, T. (1984) The impact of medical, reeducational, and psychological variables on rehabilitation outcome in amputees Int J Rehab Res, 7, pp. 379-388.
14. Ide, M and Obayashi, T and Toyonaga, T. (2002) Association of pain with employment status and satisfaction among amputees in Japan Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 83, pp. 1394-1398.
15. Fisher, K and Hanspal, R and Marks, L. (2003) Return to work after lower limb amputation Int J Rehabil Res, 26, pp. 51-56.
16. Dasgupta, A and McCluskie, P and Patel, V and Robins, L. (1997) The performance of the ICEROSS prostheses amongst transtibial amputees with a special reference to the workplace-A preliminary study Occup Med, 47, pp. 228-236.
17. Schoppen, T and Boonstra, A and Groothoff, J and de Vries, J and Göeken, L and Eisma, W. (2002) Job satisfaction and health experience of people with a lower-limb amputation in comparison with healthy colleagues Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 83, pp. 628-634.