Pain treatment programs: do they return workers to the workplace?
Over the past decade multidisciplinary pain centers have provided a useful approach to the treatment of chronic pain syndromes that have been refractory to conventional treatments. The authors review the return-to-work rates of several pain centers, the factors influencing these rates, and the treatment interventions that are commonly employed.
D000041:Absenteeism; D001416:Back Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis