Responsiveness of the Physical Work Performance Evaluation, a functional capacity evaluation, in patients with low back pain

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-67

  Durand, Marie José ^a,b   Brassard, Bruno ^c   Hong, Quan Nha ^b   Lemaire, Jacques ^a   Loisel, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Centre for Action in Work Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation CAPRIT   (Canada)

^c Logikergo   (Canada)

Author keywords

Responsiveness; Vocational rehabilitation; Work capacity evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL WORK PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 41049112876     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-007-9118-8     Document Type: Article

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