Experts from academia, clinical settings, and the business world pool their knowledge about work injury prevention and management in the new Sourcebook of Occupational Rehabilitation . The 22 contributions in this wide-ranging reference address aspects of the three primary areas of service delivery: prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation. The text takes a multidisciplinary viewpoint toward its subject in order to shed light on the mechanisms and management of work-related disorders. It boasts a wealth of current and in-depth information, and takes a practical `applications approach' to rehabilitation

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I. Forces Impacting Practice in Occupational Rehabilitation.- 1. The Changing Workplace.- 2. Common Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders.- 3. Regulatory Agencies and Legislation.- 4. Health Care Reform.- 5. Functional Capacity Matching: Designing the Continuum of Care.- II. Prevention of Work Injury.- 6. Education and Training.- 7. Wellness and Fitness Programs.- 8. Ergonomics.- 9. Preemployment and Preplacement Testing.- 10. Surveillance and Survey Techniques.- III. Assessment of Work-Related Disorders.- 11. Functional Capacity Evaluation.- 12. Work Analysis.- 13. Disability Evaluation.- IV. Rehabilitation of Work-Related Disorders.- 14. Work Hardening and Work Conditioning.- 15. On-Site Therapy Programs.- 16. Job Modification/Accommodation and Assistive Technology.- 17. Case Management.- 18. Vocational Rehabilitation.- 19. Psychosocial Issues.- 20. Pain Management.- 21. Effective Worksite-Based Disability Management Programs.