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Critical Reviews™ in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

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ISSN Online: 2162-6553

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Impairment and Disability Rating in Low Back Pain

Volumen 12, Ausgabe 4, 2000, 29 pages
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevPhysRehabilMed.v12.i4.20
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ABSTRAKT

Many physicians are asked to participate in disability ratings. Disability rating physicians should understand the relationship between impairment, disability, and handicap. Disability related to low back pain has a long history, high prevalence, and huge costs. Patients may receive disability from various programs not limited to Worker's Compensation, Social Security, and Long Term Disability Insurance. The extent of disability in the job site must be viewed in relationship to occupational strength requirements classification, as well as reasonable accommodation under the auspices of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (Guides) is used in some capacity in most worker compensation jurisdictions, and serves as an important reference work in others. The fourth edition of the Guides is the mandated edition in most jurisdictions, and the fifth edition is in preparation. Many psychosocial problems complicate simple low back pain problems. Rating low back disability based on pain complaints only, without objective underlying impairment, is a precarious practice, and argument is made it cannot be reliably performed.

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