Vocational rehabilitation for enhancing return-to-work in workers with traumatic upper limb injuries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Hou, Wen Hsuan ^a,b   Chi, Ching Chi ^c,d   Lo, Heng Lien Daniel ^a   Kuo, Ken N ^e   Chuang, Hung Yi ^f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WELLBEING; ARM INJURIES; ARM INJURY;

ARM INJURIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RETURN TO WORK;

EID: 84899468116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010002.pub2     Document Type: Review

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