What is the role of "nonorganic somatic components" in functional capacity evaluations in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain undergoing fitness for work evaluation?

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Oesch, Peter ^a   Meyer, Kathrin ^d   Jansen, Beatrice ^c   Mowinckel, Petter ^e   Bachmann, Stefan ^a,b   Hagen, Kare Birger ^e,f  

^a Rehabilitation Centre Valens   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Rehaklinik Bellikon ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

behavior; fitness for work; functional capacity evaluation; low back pain; nonorganic somatic components; physical performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LIFTING EFFORT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALARY; SENSORY EVALUATION; STANDING; SWEATING; VERBALIZATION; WALKING; WEAKNESS; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84857780162     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31822e6088     Document Type: Article

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