title: Disability management after stroke: its medical aspects for workplace accommodation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Return to work (RTW) after stroke is one of the critical issues for both employer and employee. Early RTW is a manifestation of social restoration for the disabled stroke as well as an effective way to reduce social costs related stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  This paper discusses the medical problems referred to RTW after stroke for workplace accommodation. Reviewing the literature, factors influencing RTW after stroke are addressed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The process of RTW is extremely individual in each case, and affected by multiple factors. Therefore, it is necessary to individually evaluate precise impact of each factor on RTW.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Moji Rosai Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saeki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D011379:Prognosis; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000191:economics; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation