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Disability prevention is the prevention of long-term disability (LTD) that may develop following a work-related injury when such disability would not normally be expected to result from the natural history of that injury. The term includes the integrated actions (healthcare, workplace, administrative) implemented to prevent long-term disability. Three types of prevention may be defined in the context of work-related injuries (Table 1): (1) primary prevention – prevention of the work-related injury (Frank et al. 1996a); (2) secondary prevention – prevention of long-term disability after an injury has occurred (disability prevention) (Frank et al. 1996b); and (3) tertiary prevention – prevention of additional clinical consequences once long-term disability has become established.

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  1. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Gary M. Franklin & Deborah Fulton-Kehoe

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Judith A. Turner

  3. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Judith A. Turner

  4. Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Gary M. Franklin

  5. Health Services Management and Policy, Ohio State University, Colombus, OH, USA

    Thomas M. Wickizer

  6. Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Olympia, WA, USA

    Robert D. Mootz

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Franklin, G.M., Turner, J.A., Wickizer, T.M., Fulton-Kehoe, D., Mootz, R.D. (2013). Disability Prevention. In: Gebhart, G.F., Schmidt, R.F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28753-4_1132

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