Fifth International Scientific Conference on      
  Prevention of Workrelated Musculoskeletal Disorders      
  July 11-15, 2004      
         
 

Scientific programme

Final programme online |download pdf, 1.5 MB|


Key notes:

Oral sessions:

Interactive poster sessions:

Minisymposia:

Poster exhibition:

Workshops:

 


Conference Schedule

Sunday - Monday - Tuesday- Wednesday - Thursday

Sunday July 11, 2004

9:00-12:00

Workshop # 1:
Physical exposure assessment of hand activities

Workshop # 2
Occupational health prevention of musculoskeletal disorders: The german experience
Workshop # 5:
Designing and running effective ergonomic intervention studies
     
14:00-17:00    
Workshop # 3:
A tutorial on surface electromyography
Workshop # 4:
Workshop on mechanisms of musculoskeletal disorders
Continue Workshop # 5:
Designing and running effective ergonomic intervention studies
     
17:00    
WELCOME RECEPTION offered by the State and City of Zurich.
WELCOME ADDRESS by Hr. Stadtrat Martin Vollenwyder, Government of the City of Zurich.
 
 

 

Monday July 12, 2004

8:00  
Registration at ETH main building    
       
9:00-9:45      

Opening Session:
Welcome by the organising institutes and local committee:
Prof J. Steurer and Prof. S. Gay (University Hospital Zurich)
Prof. H. Krueger (Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich)
Andreas Klipstein, Thomas Laeubli, Peter Schenk (local committee)

       
9:45 -10:30      
Keynote by Barbara Silverstein: Societies attitude towards prevention of WRMSD
       
10:30-11:00      
Coffee break      
       
11:00-12:30      

Minisymposium m1:
Political and cultural responses to WRMSD in different countries

Oral session o1:
Manual material
handling

Oral session o2:
Course and incidence of WRMSD

Oral session o3:
Exposure evaluation by questionnaire

       
12:30-13:45      
Lunch      
       
13:45-14:15      
Interactive poster i1:
Prevention and rehabilitation

Interactive poster i2:
EMG

Interactive poster i3:
Risks and correlates of WRMSD

Interactive poster i4:
Exposure assessment

       
14:30-16:00      

Key notes by
Prof. F. Violante and Prof. M. Hagberg:
Case definitions
Prof. B. Hartmann
Prevention of WRMSD in construction industries

Oral session o4:
Farming and general population

Oral session o5:
Motor control

 
       
16:00-16:30      
Coffee break      
       
16:30-18:00      
Minisymposium m2:
Case definition

Oral session o6:
Vibration

Oral session o7:
Correlates of WRMSD

Minisymposium m3:
ICOH SC construction: Prevention & Intervention

 

Tuesday July 13, 2004

9:00-10:30      
Minisymposium m4:
The NEW project

Oral session o8:
Functional assessment

Oral session o9:
Upper limb disorders

Oral session o10:
Carpal tunnel and nerve entrapment

       
10:30-11:00      
Coffee break      
       
11:00-12:30      
Keynotes by
Prof. S. Mense:
Integration of central and peripheral pain mechanisms in prevention
Prof. T. Theorell:
Prevention of WRMSD due to stress
       
12:30-13:45      
Lunch      
       
13:45-14:15      
Interactive poster i5:
Workplace intervention

Interactive poster i6:
Diagnosis and characterisation of WRMSD

Interactive poster i7:
Low back and arthrosis

Interactive poster i8:
Health care

       
14:30-16:00      

Minisymposium m5
(Part I):
Duration of computer use and MSD risk

Oral session o11:
Low back pain and
knee pain

Minisymposium m6:
LBP in schoolchildren

Minisymposium m7
(Part I):
Return to work interventions

       
16:00-16:30      
Coffee break      
       
16:30-18:00      
Minisymposium m5
(Part II):
Duration of computer
use and MSD risk

Oral session o12:
Intervention I

Oral session o13:
Exposure assessment

Minisymposium m7
(Part II):
Return to work interventions

       
18:00-18:30      
Poster exhibition      
       

 

Wednesday July 14, 2004

9:00-10:30      
Oral session o14:
Surveillance and costs

Oral session o15:
Intervention II

Oral session o16:
EMG

Oral session o17:
Rehabilitation in low back pain

       
10:30-11:00      
Coffee break      
       
11:00-12:30      
Keynotes by
Prof. F. Lehmann-Horn:
Neuromuscular system, joints and discs
L. Rutz-LaPitz, PT.
Motor learning and motor control
       
12:30-13:45      
Lunch      
       
13:45-14:15      
Interactive poster i9:
WRMSD in the industry

Interactive poster i10:
WRMSD and computer use

Interactive poster i11:
Risk evaluation and prevention

Oral session o19:
Nurses and gender

       
14:30-15:30      

Minisymposium m8
(Part I):
Methodological issues in prospective studies

Minisymposium m9
(Part I):
Physical activity in the prevention of WRMSD

Oral session o18:
Trapezius myalgia

Minisymposium m10
(Part I):
Gender differences in the risk of WRMSD

       
15:30-16:00      
Coffee break      
       
16:00-17:00      
Minisymposium m8
(Part II):
Methodological issues in prospective studies

Minisymposium m9
(Part II):
Physical activity in the prevention of WRMSD

Interactive poster i12:
Dentists and scholars

Minisymposium m10
(Part II):
Gender differences in the risk of WRMSD

       
17:00-17:30      
Poster exhibition      
       
18:00      
Social evening

 

Thursday July 15, 2004

9:00-10:30      
Keynote by
Dr. E. Schonstein:
Evidence based and integrative approaches in prevention and rehabilitation
Prof. Dr. J. Dul:
How can interventions on work-related musculoskeletal disorders successfully be integrated into the business world?
       
10:30-11:00      
Coffee break      
       
11:00-12:30      
Minisymposium m11:
Load estimation

Minisymposium m12:
Hospital ergonomics

Oral session o20:
Muscle tissue oxygenation

Oral session o21:
Psychosocial factors in WRMSD

       
12:30-13:00      
Snack      
       
13:00-14:00      
Closing plenary session
       
       
 

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