Table 5 Return to work depending on pre-injury degree of manual labor and Sanders classification.
Degree of physical work | Sanders | n | return to old job | mean time (months) | return to any job | mean time (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Light | I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
II | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
III | 11 | 9 | 4 (1–14) | 9 | 4 (1–14) | |
IV | 8 | 8 | 6 (3–12) | 8 | 6 (3–12) | |
unknown | 4 | 4 | 3 (2–4) | 4 | 3 (2–4) | |
total | 24 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 4 | |
Moderate | I | 2 | 2 | 8 (4–12) | 2 | 8 (4–12) |
II | 8 | 5 | 8 (2–18) | 8 | 7 (2–18) | |
III | 8 | 5 | 6 (2–18) | 7 | 5 (2–18) | |
IV | 15 | 8 | 14 (3–48) | 10 | 13 (3–48) | |
unknown | 13 | 9 | 7 (1–18) | 9 | 7 (1–18) | |
total | 46 | 29 | 9 | 36 | 8 | |
Heavy | I | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
II | 5 | 3 | 7 (3–14) | 4 | 7 (3–14) | |
III | 7 | 4 | 30 (5–100) | 6 | 21 (3–100) | |
IV | 7 | 3 | 20 (4–51) | 5 | 21 (4–51) | |
unknown | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 16 | |
total | 24 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 16 |