{"id":99,"date":"2019-02-23T03:28:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T03:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/limb.dev.scorchedmedia.com.au\/research\/?p=99"},"modified":"2019-02-28T03:33:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T03:33:26","slug":"experts-perspective-on-a-definition-for-delayed-return-to-work-after-surgery-for-nontraumatic-upper-extremity-disorders-recommendations-and-implications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/experts-perspective-on-a-definition-for-delayed-return-to-work-after-surgery-for-nontraumatic-upper-extremity-disorders-recommendations-and-implications\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts&#8217; perspective on a definition for delayed return-to-work after surgery for nontraumatic upper extremity disorders: Recommendations and implications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peters SE, Coppieters MW, Ross M, and Johnston V.<br \/>\n<strong>Journal of Hand Therapy (in press).<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>DOI: 10.1016\/j.jht.2017.02.009<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Study Design<\/span>: Descriptive study.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Introduction<\/span>: A delayed return to work (RTW) is often associated with poorer outcomes after a workplace injury but is ill defined.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Purpose of the Study<\/span>: To define delayed RTW after surgery for nontraumatic upper extremity conditions.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Methods<\/span>: Experts were consulted to define delayed RTW and whether a universal time point can determine the transition from early to delayed RTW.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Results<\/span>: Forty-two experts defined a delayed RTW as either a worker not returning to preinjury (or similar) work within the expected time frame (45%); not returning to any type of work (36%); or recovering slower than expected (12%). Two-thirds of experts believed that universal time points to delineate delayed RTW should be avoided.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Discussion<\/span>: Multiple factors complicate a uniform definition of delayed RTW.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Conclusion<\/span>: Defining delayed RTW should be individualized with due consideration to the type of work. Time-based cutoffs for outcome measurement may not be appropriate with continuous measures more appropriate in research.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Level of Evidence<\/span>: Decision analysis V.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peters SE, Coppieters MW, Ross M, and Johnston V. Journal of Hand Therapy (in press). DOI: 10.1016\/j.jht.2017.02.009 Study Design: Descriptive study. Introduction: A delayed return to work (RTW) is often associated with poorer outcomes after a workplace injury but is ill defined. Purpose of the Study: To define delayed RTW after surgery for nontraumatic upper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upperlimb.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}