| Document ID (ISN) | 77057 |
| CIS number |
01-1070 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Dasinger L.K., Krause N., Deegan L.J., Brand R.J., Rudolph L. |
| Title |
Physical workplace factors and return to work after compensated low back injury: A disability phase-specific analysis |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2000, Vol.42, No.3, p.323-333. 30 ref. |
| Abstract |
Little is known about predictors of duration of work disability (DOD). This cohort study of 433 workers' compensation claimants estimated DOD for job, injury, and demographic factors during consecutive disability phases using regression analysis. DOD was calculated from administrative records. Results show that DOD increases with the time spent bending and lifting, pushing or pulling heavy objects at work, but it is unrelated to sitting, standing or vibration. Younger age, longer pre-injury employment, less severe injuries, and a previous back injury predicted shorter disability, the latter factor only during the sub-acute and chronic disability phases. This study shows that physical job and injury factors have a significant and time-varying impact on DOD. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
sickness absenteeism; handicapped workers; backache; physical workload |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
work posture; cohort study; severity rates; prediction; age-linked differences |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Workers with disabilities
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
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