Lower Extremity Pain
Fig. 5.1 The ankle The Achilles tendon connects the calf muscles to the calcaneus bone. It is the largest tendon in the body, and tapping this tendon typically results in…
Workers’ Compensation and Other Disability Insurance Systems Involved in Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders
State funds North Dakota Ohio Washington Wyoming State funds and private insurance Arizona California Colorado Hawaii Idaho Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Minnesota Montana New Mexico New York Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania…
Approaches to the Quantitative Physical and Functional Capacity Assessment of Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders
Statistical characteristics Validity shown for the target population (injured worker) Excellent inter-rater reliability (stable results from different examiners) High inter-test reliability (stable results over time) Adequacy of content sampling (relevant…
Disability and Impairment in Medicolegal Settings: Pain Disability Controversies
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014Robert J. Gatchel and Izabela Z. Schultz (eds.)Handbook of Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability Disorders in the WorkplaceHandbooks in Health, Work, and Disability10.1007/978-1-4939-0612-3_14 14. Disability and Impairment in Medicolegal Settings:…
Upper Extremity Pain
Tendon-related conditions Nerve-related conditions Muscle-related conditions Joint-related conditions Bursa-related conditions Pain syndrome Bicipital tendinitis Digital neuritis Cramp of the hand Acromioclavicular syndrome Bursitis/cellulitis of the hand or elbow Arm myalgia…
Occupational Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability Disorders: An Overview
Degenerative disc Dislocation Fracture Nonspecific lumbar pain Radiculopathy Spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis Stenosis The Cervical Spine Many of the same painful conditions that affect the lumbar spine may also affect the cervical spine,…
