Reliability of clinician rated physical effort determination during functional capacity evaluation in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 361-369

  Trippolini, M A ^a,b   Dijkstra, P U ^b   Jansen, B ^a   Oesch, P ^c   Geertzen, J H B ^b   Reneman, M F ^b  

^a Department of Work Rehabilitation Rehaklinik Bellikon Suva Care ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Centre Valens   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Lifting; Pain; Rehabilitation; Work capacity evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WALKING; WORK CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905580908     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-013-9470-9     Document Type: Article

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