Association between clinician-assessed lifting ability and workplace tolerance and patient self-reported pain and disability following work conditioning

Work

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-119

  Hart, Dennis L ^a   Kirk, Marian ^b   Howar, Julie ^b   Mongeon, Sheila ^b  

^a Hart Ergonomic Consulting   (United States)

^b Rehab at Work   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional capacity evaluation; Pain; Perceived disability; Work conditioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SPINE DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 33847677206     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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