Back to work - A two-year outcome of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme focused on physical function and pain

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-242

  Sjostrom, Rita ^a   Alricsson, Marie ^b   Asplund, Ragnar ^b,c   Nordenmark, Mikael ^b  

^a Jamtland County Council   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body complaints; Disability; Musculoskeletal disorders; Occupational rehabilitation; Pain; Return to work; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 60949089140     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280801923540     Document Type: Article

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