A screening questionnaire to predict no return to work within 3 months for low back pain claimants

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-385

  Du Bois, Marc ^a   Donceel, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Outcomes; Predictors; Return to work; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; BELGIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK LEAVE; WORK; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 41149098159     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0567-8     Document Type: Article

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