The clinical utility of functional capacity evaluations: The opinion of health professionals working within occupational rehabilitation

Work

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-239

  James, Carole ^a   MacKenzie, Lynette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical utility; Functional capacity evaluation; Occupational rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY EVALUATION; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 70349544019     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0871     Document Type: Article

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