Graded activity for workers with low back pain: Who benefits most and how does it work?

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 642-649

  Staal, J Bart ^a,b   Hlobil, Hynek ^a,c   Köke, Albère J A ^d,e   Twisk, Jos W R ^f   Smid, Tjabe ^a,c   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a,g  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KLM Health Services   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Hoensbroek Rehabilitation Center   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 43549085318     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23570     Document Type: Article

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