System influences on work disability due to low back pain: an international evidence synthesis

S Bartys, P Frederiksen, T Bendix, K Burton - Health Policy, 2017 - Elsevier
Work disability due to low back pain is a significant global health concern. Current policy
and practice aimed at tackling this problem is largely informed by the biopsychosocial …

Effectiveness of workplace rehabilitation interventions in the treatment of work-related low back pain: a systematic review

RM Williams, MG Westmorland, CA Lin… - Disability and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose. A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of workplace
rehabilitation interventions for injured workers with low back pain (LBP). Method. MEDLINE …

An integrated care program to prevent work disability due to chronic low back pain: a process evaluation within a randomized controlled trial

LC Lambeek, W van Mechelen, PC Buijs… - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2009 - Springer
Background In the past decade, a considerable amount of research has been carried out to
evaluate the effectiveness of innovative low back pain (LBP) interventions. Although some …

Disability prevention: new paradigm for the management of occupational back pain

P Loisel, MJ Durand, D Berthelette, N Vézina… - … Management and Health …, 2001 - Springer
Occupational back pain is a widespread self-limited but recurring disease that generates
major societal costs and impairs workplace productivity. However, this societal impact is …

Looking upstream to understand low back pain and return to work: psychosocial factors as the product of system issues

S Soklaridis, C Ammendolia, D Cassidy - Social science & medicine, 2010 - Elsevier
Low back pain (LBP) is the most common and expensive musculoskeletal (MSK) disorder in
industrialized countries. There is evidence that personal and occupational psychosocial …

Reducing sickness absence from work due to low back pain: how well do intervention strategies match modifiable risk factors?

WS Shaw, SJ Linton, G Pransky - Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 2006 - Springer
Objective: To assess, from the review literature, the extent to which effective strategies for
reducing work absence after acute low back pain (LBP) match empirical risk factors …

Can cross country differences in return-to-work after chronic occupational back pain be explained? An exploratory analysis on disability policies in a six country cohort …

JR Anema, AJM Schellart, JD Cassidy, P Loisel… - Journal of occupational …, 2009 - Springer
Introduction There are substantial differences in the number of disability benefits for
occupational low back pain (LBP) among countries. There are also large cross country …

Lower back disability in occupational settings: A review of the literature from a human resource management view

JR Hollenbeck, DR Ilgen… - Personnel Psychology, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Lower back disability (LBD) is a widespread phenomenon that has dramatic impacts on
individuals' lives, as well as employers' costs. Despite this fact, specialists in the area of …

Stay@ Work: Participatory Ergonomics to prevent low back and neck pain among workers: design of a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the (cost-) effectiveness

MT Driessen, JR Anema, KI Proper… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2008 - Springer
Background Low back pain (LBP) and neck pain (NP) are a major public health problem
with considerable costs for individuals, companies and society. Therefore, prevention is …

Effectiveness of three treatment strategies on occupational limitations and quality of life for patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: Is a multidisciplinary …

A Petit, G Roche-Leboucher, L Bontoux… - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2014 - Springer
Background Chronic low back pain (cLBP) is a significant public health problem, being the
primary cause of work absenteeism, as well as affecting sufferers' quality of life, in …