Comparative Study
doi: 10.1097/00007632-198603000-00007.
The relationship of disability to compensation status in railroad workers
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- DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198603000-00007
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Comparative Study
The relationship of disability to compensation status in railroad workers
Spine (Phila Pa 1976).
1986 Mar.
Abstract
The role that the secondary gain of work-related back pain plays in the length of disability is an issue that has been debated for years without absolute resolution. This article compares the disability period of lumbar sprain/strain and operated back cases in employees injured on duty and off duty. The patients injured on duty had a statistically significantly longer period of disability than those injured off duty, even when the cases were matched for gender and type of injury.
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