Instruments used to assess functional limitations in workers applying for disability benefit: A systematic review

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 2143-2150

  Spanjer, Jerry ^a,b   Groothoff, Johan W ^b   Brouwer, Sandra ^b  

^a UWV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assessment; disability benefit; instruments; psychometrics; Systematic review; work capacity evaluation; workers compensation

Indexed keywords

CONVALESCENCE; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORK CAPACITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 80455168350     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.570413     Document Type: Review

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