Characteristics of disability pensioners returning to work: An interview study among individuals with musculoskeletal disorders

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 1720-1726

  Edén, Lena ^a   Andersson, H Ingemar ^a   Ejlertsson, Göran ^a   Ekström, Britt Inger ^b   Johansson, Yvonne ^a   Leden, Ido ^c  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Central Office   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability pension; Musculoskeletal disorders; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PENSION; PENSIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK RESUMPTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONVALESCENCE; DISABLED PERSON; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK; WORK CAPACITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SICK LEAVE; WORK; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 39049165805     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280601107484     Document Type: Article

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