Use of job-specific functional capacity evaluation to predict the return to work of patients with a distal radius fracture

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-452

  Cheng, Andy S K ^a   Cheng, Stella W C ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Employment; Predictive value of tests; Radius fractures; Work capacity evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RADIUS FRACTURE; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RADIUS FRACTURES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 79960355785     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2011.001057     Document Type: Article

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