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Intervention Characteristics that Facilitate Return to Work After Sickness Absence: A Systematic Literature Review
Effects of acute passive stretching on mean response time during an incremental ramp test
Self perceptions as predictors for return to work 2 years after rehabilitation in orthopedic trauma inpatients.
Purpose This study aimed to identify self-perception variables which may predict return to work (RTW) in orthopedic trauma patients 2 years after rehabilitation. Methods A prospective cohort investigated 1,207 orthopedic trauma inpatients, hospitalised in rehabilitation, clinics at admission, discharge, and 2 years after discharge. Information on potential predictors was obtained from self administered questionnaires. Multiple logistic regression models were applied. Results In the final model, a higher likelihood of RTW was predicted by: better general health and lower pain at admission; health and pain improvements during hospitalisation; lower impact of event (IES-R) avoidance behaviour score; higher IES-R hyperarousal score, higher SF-36 mental score and low perceived severity of the injury. Conclusion RTW is not only predicted by perceived health, pain and severity of the accident at the beginning of a rehabilitation program, but also by the changes in pain and health perceptions observed during hospitalisation
Discharge from Outpatient Orthopaedic Physiotherapy: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Physiotherapists' Practices
Purpose: To describe the clinical and contextual factors that influence physiotherapists' discharge decision-making processes in outpatient orthopaedic settings