Publications by authors named "Linda Kalski"

Article Synopsis
  • Qualitative research is essential in rehabilitation sciences due to its diverse questions and perspectives, but assessing its quality remains challenging.
  • There is ongoing debate over universally applicable quality criteria for qualitative studies, prompting the need for clear standards for researchers and stakeholders.
  • The article discusses core quality criteria specific to rehabilitation research and illustrates their practical application through real-world examples.
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Background: Currently, there is no standard procedure for a return to work (RTW) rehabilitation program used by practitioners.

Objective: The aim is to investigate the efficacy of occupational rehabilitation programs for workers with back pain.

Methods: Two independent reviewers screened abstracts and full-text articles in a systematic literature search in three databases conducted in 2023.

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Objective: Early identification of health-related risk factors is of great importance for maintaining workability. Screening examinations can help to detect diseases at an early stage and provide more needs-based recommendations. This study aims (1) to assess the individual need for prevention or rehabilitation based on preventive health examinations compared to a questionnaire survey, (2) to assess the results of the preventive health examinations compared to the Risk Index - Disability Pension (RI-DP), (3) to assess the results of the questionnaire survey compared to the RI-DP, (4) to assess the general health status of the sample (target population > 1,000) in German employees aged 45-59, (5) to identify the most common medical conditions.

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It is well-known that children and adolescents with obesity have increased over recent decades which in turn carries greater risk of co-morbidities and poses a preventive as well as a therapeutic challenge. Currently, there are limited recommendations available on proven methods for recording physical fitness in children and adolescents presenting with extreme obesity. In this study, twenty participants, aged 12-17 years, with a body mass index (BMI) above the 99.

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