The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 639-651, July 2010

Causal assessment of workplace manual handling or assisting patients and low back pain: results of a systematic review

  • Darren M. Roffey, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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  • Eugene K. Wai, MD, MSc, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, 1053 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4E9, Canada. Tel.: (613) 798-5555 ext 19138; fax: (613) 761-4944.
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  • Paul Bishop, DC, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • UBC Combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Program, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Vancouver Hospital Spine Program and Acute Spinal Cord Injury Unit, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Brian K. Kwon, MD, PhD, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • UBC Combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Program, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Vancouver Hospital Spine Program and Acute Spinal Cord Injury Unit, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • ,
  • Simon Dagenais, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    • Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Received 23 December 2009; received in revised form 24 February 2010; accepted 14 April 2010. published online 31 May 2010.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: BKK (consulting, Medtronic); SD (consulting, Palladian Health; scientific advisory board, Palladian Health).

 This study was funded by a peer-review grant provided to Drs Wai, Bishop, Kwon, and Dagenais by the Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia.

PII: S1529-9430(10)00324-4

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2010.04.028

The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 7 , Pages 639-651, July 2010

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