Value of Functional Capacity Evaluation Information in a Clinical Setting for Predicting Return to Work

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 429-434

  Streibelt, Marco ^a   Blume, Carsten ^a   Thren, Karsten ^b   Reneman, Michiel F ^c   Mueller Fahrnow, Werner ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Klinik Niedersachsen Bad Nenndorf   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal diseases; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 60849097247     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.08.218     Document Type: Article

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