Back pain and work

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-240

  Costa Black, Kátia M ^a   Loisel, Patrick ^a   Anema, Johannes R ^b   Pransky, Glenn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

low back pain; occupational factors; return to work; work disability; workplace interventions

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77749342977     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.11.007     Document Type: Review

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