Predictors for work ability and disability in men and women with low-back or neck problems

European Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 780-793

  Hansson, Elisabeth ^a   Hansson, Tommy ^a   Jonsson, Robert ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Back pain; Disability; Neck pain; Predictors; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NECK PAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 33745016455     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0863-5     Document Type: Article

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