Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1089-1094 , September 2007

Function-Centered Rehabilitation Increases Work Days in Patients With Nonacute Nonspecific Low Back Pain: 1-Year Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Jan Kool, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation Centre Valens, Valens, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Jan Kool, PhD, School of Health Professions, Institute of Physiotherapy, Zürich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur, 8401 Winterthur, Switzerland
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  • Stefan Bachmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation Centre Valens, Valens, Switzerland
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  • Peter Oesch, MSc

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation Centre Valens, Valens, Switzerland
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  • Ton Ambergen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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  • Rob de Bie, PhD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

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 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 upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)00387-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.022

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 9 , Pages 1089-1094 , September 2007

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