Chapter
Biopsychosocial Multivariate Predictive Model of Occupational Low Back Disability
Abstract
Low back injury rates have stabilized (Murphy & Volinn, 1999), but the growing economic burden of low back occupational disability (Volinn, Van Koevering & Loeser, 1991) has fuelled an extensive international research effort to identify risk factors for this condition. Over 1000 research and review papers were published in the last decade (Crook et al., 2002). Several empirically-based prediction models have been constructed (Feuerstein & …
Authors
Schultz IZ; Crook JM; Berkowitz J; Meloche GR; Milner R; Zuberbier OA
Book title
Handbook of Complex Occupational Disability Claims
Pagination
pp. 191-202
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2008
DOI
10.1007/0-387-28919-4_10