Open AccessPredictors for work incapacity continuing after disc surgery
Author(s) -
Peter Donceel,
Marc Du Bois
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.433
Subject(s) - physical therapy , medicine , oswestry disability index , rehabilitation , depression (economics) , rating scale , low back pain , visual analogue scale , psychology , developmental psychology , alternative medicine , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
This study was carried out to provide information on and identify factors about the fitness for work 12 months after disc herniation surgery. In addition a predictive tool for this outcome was developed.