title: Multidisciplinary interventions: review of studies of return to work after rehabilitation for low back pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to analyse the efficacy of multidisciplinary interventions on return to work for people on sick leave due to low back pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic review of published studies was performed, including a meta-analysis. Identified publications were assessed for relevance and study quality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A meta-analysis based on 5 studies from Scandinavia verified the scientific evidence for the efficacy of multidisciplinary interventions on return to work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although long-term sick leave due to low back pain represents a large problem for the community and multidisciplinary interventions are often advocated, surprisingly few published studies have return to work as an outcome. There is evidence for a clinically relevant effect of multidisciplinary interventions on return to work.
authors.affiliation: Section for Personal Injury Prevention, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. norlund@sbu.se
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Norlund
authors.forename: Annina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ropponen
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alexanderson
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*; D018582:Sick Leave