Factors affecting recovery from work-related, low back disorders in autoworkers

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1362-1364

  Oleske, Denise M ^a   Neelakantan, Janani ^a   Andersson, Gunnar B ^a   Hinrichs, Bradley G ^a   Lavender, Steven A ^b   Morrissey, Mary J ^a   Zold Kilbourn, Phyllis ^a   Taylor, Emily ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Disabled persons; Exercise; Occupational health; Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; EMPLOYEE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; WORKER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMOBILES; BED REST; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DISABLED PERSONS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543064115     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.11.021     Document Type: Article

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