Predictive factors of sustained return to work for persons with musculoskeletal disorders who participated in rehabilitation

Work

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-328

  Lydell, Marie ^a,b   Grahn, Birgitta ^c,d   Månsson, Jörgen ^a,b   Baigi, Amir ^a   Marklund, Bertil ^a,b  

^a Primary Health Care Research and Development Unit   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Kronoberg County Council   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Certified sick leave; Functional capacity; Multidimensional factors; Musculoskeletal disorders; Pain; Physical capacity; Predictive factors; Returning to work; Work capacity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; WORK; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 70349553809     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0879     Document Type: Article

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