Predictors for work incapacity continuing after disc surgery

Incapacity for work in elective orthopaedic surgery: a study of occurrence and the probability of returning to work after treatment.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The extent to which patients undergoing elective surgery for orthopaedic disorders were incapacitated for work while they were on the waiting list and whether they were able to return to work after surgery were studied. DESIGN This was a prospective cohort study of patients admitted to hospital for elective orthopaedic surgery. Main outcome measures were occurrence of sickness...

The Health quality assessment patients whit Lumbar disc herniation, before and after Herniated Lumbar Disc surgery

Introduction and Aim: Lumbar disc herniation is one of the most common causes of low back pain. Sciatic pain in association with lumbar disc herniation may require surgical intervention in the form of lumbar discectomy.Chronic illnesses such as the low back pain has important consequences like an alteration in the health quality of the person. Health quality is a multi-faceted concept and goes ...

role of depression after lumbar disc surgery

Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery.

BACKGROUND Although several rehabilitation programs, physical fitness programs or protocols regarding instruction for patients to return to work after lumbar disc surgery have been suggested, little is known about the efficacy and effectiveness of these treatments. There are still persistent fears of causing re-injury, re-herniation, or instability. OBJECTIVES The objective of this systematic...

Incapacity for work among the insured population of Great Britain.

The Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance usually receives between eight and nine million new claims for sickness and injury benefits in a year and records certified incapacity for work totalling nearly 300 million days. Detailed analyses are made from the records of spells of incapacity for work in respect of 5 per cent. of the insured population. These analyses are designed to show the ...