Reliability of the jobfit system pre-employment functional assessment tool

Work

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-312

  Legge, Jennifer ^a,b   Burgess Limerick, Robin ^b,c  

^a JobFit Systems International Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Burgess Limerick and Associates   (Australia)

Author keywords

Functional capacity evaluation; Pre employment functional assessment; Pre placement assessment; Reliability; Work related assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLIMBING; COAL WORKER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 34249722566     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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