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Healthcare professionals have more influence than they may realise on the attitudes and beliefs...
A study into the relationship between perceptions of injustice and chronic pain gives us reason...
RTW expectations predict recovery from musculoskeletal injury. Workplace supports, trust and the...
Worker's pre-surgery expectations about the timing of RTW influence the duration of sickness...
Top ten considerations that underlie decisions about the timing of RTW.
Can employees' values improve their happiness, absence rates and health?
The UK's treating practitioners say that work is beneficial, but how do they actually behave...
Who is more pessimistic about the impact of cancer on working life: cancer survivors or...
Identify high-risk patients to pip long term back problems at the proverbial post
What do people with different kinds of back pain believe about pain and how do these beliefs...
Knowing what psychosocial factors affect recovery from low back pain can help target employee...
A person's beliefs about back problems influence how they engage with treatment, so providing...
Pessimistic beliefs about back pain can prolong suffering and prevent proper treatment
A short survey can predict a worker's RTW outcomes
A public health campaign in Scotland has improved people's understanding and beliefs about back...
Advice for health professionals about the best attitudes for patients to adopt on the road to...