Return to work after low voltage electrical injury

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 959-964

  Theman, Kirstin ^a,b   Singerman, Jennifer ^a,b   Gomez, Manuel ^a,b   Fish, Joel S ^a,b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b St John's Rehabilitation Hospital   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY SURFACE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DEPRESSION; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; ISCHIALGIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MYALGIA; NIGHTMARE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANIC; PARESTHESIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF ESTEEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; VERTIGO; WEAKNESS; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK;

EID: 57149093219     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31818b9eb6     Document Type: Article

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