Are Work Disability Prevention Interventions Effective for the Management of Neck Pain or Upper Extremity Disorders? A Systematic Review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 692-708

  Varatharajan, Sharanya ^a,b   Côté, Pierre ^a,b   Shearer, Heather M ^a,b   Loisel, Patrick ^b,c   Wong, Jessica J ^a,b   Southerst, Danielle ^a,b   Yu, Hainan ^a,b   Randhawa, Kristi ^a,b   Sutton, Deborah ^a,b   van der Velde, Gabrielle ^c,d,e   Mior, Silvano ^a,b   Carroll, Linda J ^f   Jacobs, Craig ^a,b   Taylor Vaisey, Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neck pain and associated disorders; Systematic review; Treatment; Upper extremity disorders; Whiplash associated disorders; Work disability prevention interventions

Indexed keywords

ARM; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; RETURN TO WORK; SHOULDER PAIN; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

HUMANS; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RETURN TO WORK; SHOULDER PAIN; UPPER EXTREMITY; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84893688694     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: 15733688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-014-9501-1     Document Type: Review

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