Rehabilitation, Vocational
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Prediction of employment status one year post-discharge from rehabilitation following traumatic spinal cord injury: an exploratory analysis of participation and environmental variables.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To identify the extent to which early participation and environmental variables, when assessed at discharge from hospital, add to injury and demographic variables in the prediction of employment following traumatic spinal cord injury. ... Read more...

Poor functional recovery after a critical illness: a longitudinal study.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine the time course of functional health status, and to inventory impairments in body functions, limitations in activities, and restrictions in participation after critical illness. DESIGN: Prospective observational cohort study. ... Read more...

Three-year cost analysis of function-centred versus pain-centred inpatient rehabilitation in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To compare costs of function- and pain-centred inpatient treatment in patients with chronic low back pain over 3 years of follow-up. DESIGN: Cost analysis of a randomized controlled trial. PATIENTS: A total of 174 patients with chronic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Rehabilitation, Vocational'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Prediction of employment status one year post-discharge from rehabilitation following traumatic spinal cord injury: an exploratory analysis of participation and environmental variables. 30 Oct 2009
• Poor functional recovery after a critical illness: a longitudinal study. 30 Oct 2009
• Three-year cost analysis of function-centred versus pain-centred inpatient rehabilitation in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. 30 Oct 2009
• Vocational rehabilitation: an educational review. 30 Oct 2009
• From sick notes to fit notes. Vocational rehabilitation. 10 Oct 2009
• [Convalescence, sick leave and health economics] 26 Sep 2009
• A systematic review of the international published literature relating to quality of institutional care for people with longer term mental health problems. 5 Sep 2009
• Evaluation of early dynamic splinting versus static splinting for patients with transposition of the extensor carpi radialis longus to the extensor pollicis longus. 30 Aug 2009
• [Social participation and vocational integration as an objective of child and adolescent psychiatric rehabilitation] 30 Aug 2009
• NICE guidance on low back pain should be revised urgently. 30 Aug 2009
• Predictors of nonresponse in a questionnaire-based outcome study of vocational rehabilitation patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Positive attitudes and preserved high level of motor performance are important factors for return to work in younger persons after stroke: a national survey. 30 Aug 2009
• [Use of the ICF in shaping benefits for participation in working life (vocational rehabilitation) - recommendations of the German Society for Rehabilitation, DVfR as of March 31, 2009] 15 Aug 2009
• Validity of the Loewenstein occupational therapy cognitive assessment in people with intellectual disabilities. 29 Jun 2009
• Effect of cancer diagnosis on patient employment status: a nationwide longitudinal study in Korea. 29 Jun 2009
• Knowledge about schizophrenia and attitudes towards people with schizophrenia in Greece. 29 Jun 2009
• Factors, process and outcomes of recovery from psychiatric disability: the unity model. 29 Jun 2009
• Congress restores the Americans With Disabilities Act to its original intent. 29 Jun 2009
• Recovery from schizophrenia and the recovery model. 29 Jun 2009
• Psychosocial rehabilitation and quality of life for older adults with serious mental illness: recent findings and future research directions. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Rehabilitation, Vocational'

Definition: Training of the mentally or physically disabled in work skills so they may be returned to regular employment utilizing these skills.

Descriptor UI: D012050

Alternative terms: Rehabilitation, Vocational; Vocational Rehabilitation; Rehabilitations, Vocational; Vocational Rehabilitations;

Related Mesh Headings: Employment; Sheltered Workshops;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; manpower;

Tree Number: E02.831.782; N02.421.784.644;

History Note: 67(66)