title: The relationship of disability to compensation status in railroad workers.
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.
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000191:economics*; D000328:Adult; D019567:Back Injuries; D001416:Back Pain / Q000191:economics*; D002140:California; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics*; D011890:Railroads; D013180:Sprains and Strains / Q000191:economics; D013997:Time Factors; D014942:Workers' Compensation