Evaluation of a short-form functional capacity evaluation: Less may be best

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 422-435

  Gross, Douglas P ^a,b   Battié, Michele C ^a   Asante, Alexander K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Workers' Compensation Board Alberta   (Canada)

^c Peter Lougheed Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Compensation; Disability insurance; Fitness for work; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COMPENSATION; DATA BASE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE DURATION; EVALUATION; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REHABILITATION CARE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; ALBERTA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SICK LEAVE; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548316382     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-007-9087-y     Document Type: Article

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