The predictive validity of job-specific functional capacity evaluation on the employment status of patients with nonspecific low back pain

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 719-724

  Cheng, Andy Shu Kei ^a   Cheng, Stella Wai Chee ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK RESUMPTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; HONG KONG; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 77954951472     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181e48d47     Document Type: Article

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