Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 857-864 , May 2005

Increasing Days at Work Using Function-Centered Rehabilitation in Nonacute Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Presented orally to the Swiss National Congress for Physiotherapy, May 2004, Lugano, Switzerland.

  • Jan P. Kool, MSc, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation Center Valens, Valens, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Jan P. Kool, MSc, PT, Rehabilitation Center, 7317 Valens, Switzerland.
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  • Peter R. Oesch, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation Center Valens, Valens, Switzerland
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  • Stefan Bachmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation Center Valens, Valens, Switzerland
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  • Otto Knuesel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation Center Valens, Valens, Switzerland
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  • Judith G. Dierkes, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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  • Mirella Russo, PT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation Center Valens, Valens, Switzerland
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  • Rob A. de Bie, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
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  • Piet A. van den Brandt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

 Supported by the Swiss Federal Office of Health (grant no. 00.00437).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the author(s) or on any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(05)00007-9

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.10.044

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 5 , Pages 857-864 , May 2005