Comparison of chronic occupational upper extremity versus lumbar disorders for differential disability-related outcomes and predictor variables

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1002-1009

  Howard, Krista J ^a   Mayer, Tom G ^b   Gatchel, Robert J ^c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESTORATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REHABILITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINE DISEASE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETURN TO WORK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84865499923     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182546daf     Document Type: Article

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