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Occupational back pain is a widespread, self-limited and recurring health problem that impairs workplace productivity. Although 90% of acute low back pain sufferers spontaneously return to pre-injury activity tolerance within one to three months (Philips and Grant, 1991),5%to7%develop long-term disability and are responsible for the majority of the costs related to this disorder (Spitzer et al., 1987). Besides high societal costs (Volinn et al., 1991; Hashemi et al., 1998; Murphy and Courtney, 2000), this persistent pain experience has also been associated with long work absence (Rossignol et al., 1988; Walsh et al., 1992; Lawrence et al., 1998) and poor health and functional outcomes (Makela et al., 1993; Cassidy et al., 1998).
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Loisel, P., Durand, MJ. (2008). Working with the Employer. In: Schultz, I.Z., Gatchel, R.J. (eds) Handbook of Complex Occupational Disability Claims. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28919-4_26
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