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Pain Self-Management at Work
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Pain Recovery Inventory of Concerns and Expectations (PRICE) Questionnaire
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Open AccessWhy does the adverse effect of inappropriate MRI for LBP vary by geographic location? An exploratory analysis
Early magnetic resonance imaging (eMRI) for nonspecific low back pain (LBP) not adherent to clinical guidelines is linked with prolonged work disability. Although the prevalence of eMRI for occupational LBP va...
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Impact of a Safe Resident Handling Program in Nursing Homes on Return-to-Work and Re-injury Outcomes Following Work Injury
Purpose This study examined the impact of a Safe Resident Handling Program (SRHP) on length of disability and re-injury, following work-related injuries of nursing home workers. Resident handling-related injuries...
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Erratum to: Implementation Science and Employer Disability Practices: Embedding Implementation Factors in Research Designs
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Open AccessEmployer Policies and Practices to Manage and Prevent Disability: Foreword to the Special Issue
Purpose Employer policies and practices have been shown to impact workplace disability, but research in this area has waned in recent years despite an aging workforce, a growing prevalenc...
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Open AccessImplementation Science and Employer Disability Practices: Embedding Implementation Factors in Research Designs
Purpose For work disability research to have an impact on employer policies and practices it is important for such research to acknowledge and incorporate relevant aspects of the workplac...
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Open AccessReturn-to-Work Within a Complex and Dynamic Organizational Work Disability System
Background Return-to-work (RTW) within a complex organizational system can be associated with suboptimal outcomes. Purpose To apply a sociotechnical systems perspective to investigate com...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Pain Recovery Inventory of Concerns and Expectations (PRICE) Questionnaire
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Pain Self-Management at Work
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Open AccessManage at work: a randomized, controlled trial of a self-management group intervention to overcome workplace challenges associated with chronic physical health conditions
The percentage of older and chronically ill workers is increasing rapidly in the US and in many other countries, but few interventions are available to help employees overcome the workplace challenges of chron...
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Lisa Schur, Douglas Kruse, and Peter Blanck: People with Disabilities: Sidelined or Mainstreamed?
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Open AccessOnset of Work Restriction in Employed Adults with Lower Limb Joint Pain: Individual Factors and Area-Level Socioeconomic Conditions
Purpose To examine individual and area-level socioeconomic factors that predict the onset of work restriction in employed persons with lower limb joint pain. Methods Population-based prospective ...
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Measurement of Outcomes in WDP: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations and Recommendations for Measuring Outcomes
There are many compelling reasons to develop and disseminate measures of work disability outcomes—to understand the impact of health care, workplace safety, or disability prevention interventions; to describe ...
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Distressed, Immobilized, or Lacking Employer Support? A Sub-classification of Acute Work-Related Low Back Pain
Introduction One possibility for reducing the disabling effects of low back pain (LBP) is to identify subgroups of patients who might benefit from different disability prevention strategies. The ...
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Early Intervention Options for Acute Low Back Pain Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial with One-Year Follow-Up Outcomes
Introduction In an earlier study, Gatchel et al. (J Occup Rehabil 13:1–9, 2003) demonstrated that participants at high risk for develo** chronic low back pain disability (CLBPD), who received a biopsychosocial ...
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Development and Validation of Competencies for Return to Work Coordinators
Introduction Return to work (RTW) coordinators are a key element in programs that facilitate RTW of injured or ill workers, yet little research documents the competencies required for success in this role. Method...
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A Literature Review Describing the Role of Return-to-Work Coordinators in Trial Programs and Interventions Designed to Prevent Workplace Disability
Objective Return-to-work (RTW) coordination has been suggested as an effective strategy for preventing workplace disability, but the scope of these services is not well described. The obj...
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Reducing Sickness Absence from Work due to Low Back Pain: How Well do Intervention Strategies Match Modifiable Risk Factors?
Objective: To assess, from the review literature, the extent to which effective strategies for reducing work absence after acute low back pain (LBP) match empirical risk factors. Methods: From 17...
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Integrating Psychosocial and Behavioral Interventions to Achieve Optimal Rehabilitation Outcomes
Introduction: Psychosocial factors are important contributors to work disability associated with musculoskeletal conditions. The primary objectives of this paper were 1) to describe different psychosocial interve...
