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While low back pain occurs in nearly everybody and is the leading cause of disability worldwide, we lack instruments to accurately predict persistence of acute low back pain. We aimed to develop and internally...
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Open AccessUse and perceived added value of patient-reported measurement instruments by physiotherapists treating acute low back pain: a survey study among Dutch physiotherapists
This study aims to explore (i) physiotherapists’ current use in daily practice of patient-reported measurement instruments (screening tools and questionnaires) for patients with acute low back pain (LBP), (ii)...
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Develo** Research on Performance-Based Functional Work Assessment: Report on the First International Functional Capacity Evaluation Research Meeting
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Open AccessFunctional capacity of people with early osteoarthritis: a comparison between subjects from the cohort hip and cohort knee (CHECK) and healthy ageing workers
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Basis for an FCE Methodology for Patients With Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders
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