Legal changes necessitate proactive management of musculoskeletal disorders: The role of electrodiagnostic functional assessment Soft Tissue Management program

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 7570-7573

  Cusimano Reaston, Maryrose ^a   Carney, Brendan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEMS; COST DRIVERS; EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; INJURED WORKERS; INTERACTIVE PROCESS; LOW BACK; MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS; MUSCLE INJURIES; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; OBJECTIVE DIAGNOSIS; PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; SOFT TISSUE; WORK-RELATED INJURIES; WORKPLACE INJURIES;

HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84055178116     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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