Correlation of return to work outcomes and hand impairment measures among workers with traumatic hand injury

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-16

  Chang, Jer Hao ^a   Wu, Mingyi ^b   Lee, Chia Ling ^c   Guo, Yue Liang ^d   Chiu, Haw Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hand evaluation; Motion area loss; Return to work; Traumatic hand injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952187775     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-010-9246-4     Document Type: Article

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