Arm, Neck and Shoulder Complaints in Physical Therapy - RePub

162 Pages·2009·5.32 MB·English

by  Celinde Karels

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Arm, Neck and Shoulder Complaints in
Physical Therapy Practice:
Course and Prognosis
Celinde Karels
The work presented in this thesis was financially supported by College voor Zorgver-
zekeringen, The Netherlands. Deelprogramma Paramedische Zorg, DPZ 00-04 en
519/002/2002
The printing of this thesis was financially supported by:
The Department of General Practice of the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam,The
Netherlands;
Stichting Anna Fonds, Leiden, The Netherlands;
Het Wetenschappelijk College Fysiotherapie (WCF), Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Cover design: Optima Grafische Communicatie Rotterdam
Cover photography: Celinde en René Karels. Discuswerper van Myron. Ca. 450 v. Chr.
Kopie. Gymnasium Haganum, Den Haag.
Printed by: Optima Grafische communicatie Rotterdam
ISBN: 978-90-8559-603-5
Copyright Celinde Karels, 2009.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system
or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission from the author or, when
appropriate, from the publishers of the publications.
Arm, Neck and Shoulder Complaints in
Physical Therapy Practice:
Course and prognosis
Arm-, nek- en schouderklachten in de fysiotherapiepraktijk:
beloop en prognose
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor
aan de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
op gezag van de rector magnificus
Prof.dr. H.G. Schmidt
en volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties.
De openbare verdediging zal plaatsvinden op
vrijdag 18 december 2009 om 09:30 uur
door
Celinde Haggaï Karels
geboren te Gouda
Promotiecommissie
Promotor: Prof.dr. B.W. Koes
Overige leden: Prof.dr. R. A. de Bie
Prof.dr.ir. A. Burdorf
Prof.dr. J.A.N. Verhaar
Copromotor: Dr. S.M.A. Bierma-Zeinstra
CONTENTS

Chapter 1 General Introduction 7
Chapter 2 Social and psychological factors influenced the course of arm, 15
neck and shoulder complaints
Chapter 3 Prognostic factors for the persistence and recurrence of 35
complaints at arm, neck and shoulder in physical therapy
practice: two year follow-up
Chapter 4 Sickness absence in patients with arm, neck and shoulder 53
complaints presenting in physical therapy practice: 6 months
follow-up
Chapter 5 Exercise proves effective in a systematic review of work- 69
related complaints of arm, neck or shoulder
Chapter 6 Treatment of arm, neck, and/or shoulder complaints in 93
physical therapy practice
Chapter 7 Pain severity and catastrophising modify treatment success in 109
neck pain patients in primary care
Chapter 8 General Discussion 123
Summary 137
Samenvatting 143
Dankwoord 149
Curriculum Vitae 157
Portfolio 159

Chapter 1
General Introduction