Individual work support for employed patients with low back pain: A randomized controlled pilot trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-50

  Coole, Carol ^a   Drummond, Avril ^a   Watson, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; feasibility; vocational rehabilitation; work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871551252     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215512446839     Document Type: Article

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