Factors affecting return to work after injury or illness: Best evidence synthesis of systematic reviews

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Cancelliere, Carol ^a   Donovan, James ^a   Stochkendahl, Mette Jensen ^b   Biscardi, Melissa ^c   Ammendolia, Carlo ^a,d   Myburgh, Corrie ^e   Cassidy, J David ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

^c Toronto SEMI (Sports and Exercise Medicine Institute)   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Intervention; Presenteeism; Prognosis; Return to work; Sick leave; Work disability

Indexed keywords

AGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPECTATION; GENDER; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MANUAL LABOR; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; OPTIMISM; PAIN SEVERITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84992126203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12998-016-0113-z     Document Type: Review

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