Symptom increase following a functional capacity evaluation in patients with chronic low back Pain: An explorative study of safety

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-205

  Reneman, Michiel F ^a,b   Kuijer, Wietske ^a,b   Brouwer, Sandra ^a,b   Preuper, H R Schiphorst ^a,b   Groothoff, Johan W ^a,b   Geertzen, Jan H B ^a,b   Dijkstra, Pieter U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Injury; Insurance medicine; Lifting; Occupational rehabilitation; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WALKING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745591882     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-006-9023-6     Document Type: Article

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