title: Chronic Disability Syndrome: Failing to diagnose disability can jeoparadize rehabilitation.
abstract: Prolonged disability is best understood as an illness that exists independently of the initiating disease. The disabled individual goes through predictable stages of disability before resolution occurs. The failure to diagnose disability can jeopardize successful rehabilitation. If correctly identified and treated either prior to or concurrently with the initiating problem, successful recovery of the disabled individual is substantially increased.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Gamborg
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Curtis