Functional Activities Versus Work Hardening in the Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker

The purpose of this study was to determine factors related to a return to work following the completion of a work hardening program. Data from the Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta Millard Rehabilitation Centre for 1527 discharges, collected over 22 months, were examined retrospectively. Factors related to return to work were compared bivariately using logistic regression procedures. A multiple logistic regression model for return to work was also determined. The principle predictor of return to work was job-attached status to the pre-injury employer. Other factors related to return to work were education, primary diagnosis, injury to admission time, job attachment to the pre-accident employer, employer's annual payroll, and vocational direction. Due to the strength of the association between job-attached status to the pre-injury employer and a return to work, it was concluded that attempts to maintain this relationship should be a priority for rehabilitation providers and insurance carriers.

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Factors related to outcome following a work hardening program

Voaklander

Beaulne

Lessard³

1995

J Occup Rehab

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Predictive factors for the outcome of a multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation programme on sick-leave and life satisfaction in patients with whiplash trauma and other myofascial pain: a follow-up study

Heikkilä¹,

Heikkilä²,

Eisemann

1998

Clin Rehabil

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Perspectives on prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation of low back pain in WORK

Ravenek

Bryson-Campbell

Shaw

et al. 2010

Work

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Introduction:The aim of this review was to describe the low back pain (LBP) knowledge base developed in WORK and to discuss its relevance to current perspectives in the broader literature on LBP and employment. Method: A scoping review of the literature in WORK on LBP and employment was conducted using published articles from 1990-2009. Articles were organized into geographical regions and summarized for contributions to the domains of WORK: prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation. Methodological accordance of the articles was also assessed. Results: Fifty articles were extracted and organized into contributions from authors within North America (n = 34) and outside North America (n = 16). In total there were 26 prevention, 7 assessment, and 12 rehabilitation articles in this review. Five articles were also classified as 'understanding' articles. More than half of the articles retrieved employed quantitative methodology. Conclusions: WORK has contributed a broad realm of publications to the knowledge base on LBP and employment. Two thirds of the articles were contributed from authors within North America, with a greater emphasis on prevention. This article highlights the similarities and differences in the international knowledge base in the management of LBP in WORK. Future directions for research are elaborated drawing on current perspectives of two experts on the management of LBP.

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Functional Activities Versus Work Hardening in the Rehabilitation of the Injured Worker

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Factors related to outcome following a work hardening program

Factors related to outcome following a work hardening program

Predictive factors for the outcome of a multidisciplinary pain rehabilitation programme on sick-leave and life satisfaction in patients with whiplash trauma and other myofascial pain: a follow-up study

Perspectives on prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation of low back pain in WORK

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