Muscoloskeletal disorder (MSD) prevention campaign

• Conference opening (PDF, 669 kB, non-accessible)
  Dr. Walter Eichendorf, DGUV
• Introduction to DGAUM literature review on MSD (PDF, 169 kB, non-accessible)
  Prof. Thomas Kraus, DGAUM

Presentation of results of DGAUM literature review on MSD. Part 1

• Presentation of DGAUM work package 1 (PDF, 810 kB, non-accessible)
  Dr. Elke Ochsmann, RWTH Aachen
• Presentation of DGAUM work package 2 (PDF, 1.4 MB, non-accessible)
  Dr. Elke Ochsmann, RWTH Aachen

Plenary session 1

• Intervention studies in the workplace to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (PDF, 1.2 MB, non-accessible)
  Prof. David Rempel, University of California, San Francisco, USA
• Impact assessment study of potential EU-regulatroy and non-regulatory initiatives to prevent work-relatedMSDs (PDF, 815 kB, non-accessible)
  Dr. Birgitte Blatter, TNO Work and Employment, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands

Presentation of results of DGAUM literature review on MSD. Part 2

• Presentation of DGAUM work package 3 (PDF, 481 kB, non-accessible)
  Dr. Luis Carlos Escobar Pinzon, University Mainz
• Presentation of DGAUM work package 4 (PDF, 323 kB, non-accessible)
  Dr. Martina Michaelis, FFAS Freiburg 

Summary and conclusions DGAUM literature review on MSD
Prof. Thomas Kraus, DGAUM 

Workshop 1

Work-related MSDs and their incidence in various occupations / MSD risk factors
Chairs: Prof. Thomas Kraus, Dr. Elke Ochsmann (DGAUM) and Prof. Dr. Rolf Ellegast, DGUV

Experiences from international MSD experts:
MSD prevention – NIOSH, USA - Dr. R. Greg Cutlip, NIOSH, Washington DC, USA

• Summary of work-related MSDs in the province of Quebec (Canada), priorities of research in MSDs at the IRSST andan example applied to manual material handlings (PDF, 286 kB, non-accessible)
  Prof. Andre Plamondon, IRSST, Montreal (Quebec), Canada
• MSD prevalence and psychosocial risk exposure (PDF, 297 kB, non-accessible)
  Dr. Leonard O'Sullivan, University of Limerick, Ireland

Production system rationalisations as risk factor for MSD
Prof. Rolf H. Westgaard, University Trondheim, Norway

• Lifting technique and low back loading (PDF, 1.1 MB, non-accessible)
  Dr. Idsart Kingma, University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Collaborative research on prevention of MSDs (PDF, 629 kB, non-accessible)
  Prof. Richard Wells, University of Waterloo, Canada

Workshop 2

Promising prevention measures / Social and economic indicators concerning the effects of work-related MSDs
Chairs: Prof. Bernd Hartmann (BG Bau), Prof. Eva Münster (DGAUM) and Dr. Ulrich Glitsch, DGUV

Experiences from international MSD experts:

• A study on the economic costs of work-related MSDs in Switzerland (PDF, 169 kB, non-accessible)
  Prof. T. Läubli, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• International ergonomics standards (ISO and CEN) and relevant methods for risk assessment and management in WMSDsarea (PDF, 1.0 MB, non-accessible)
  Prof. Enrico Occhipinti, IRCCS, Milano, Italy
• International ergonomics standards (ISO and CEN) and relevant methods for risk assessment and management in WMSDsarea (PDF, 2.0 MB, non-accessible)
  Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz G. Schaub, Institute of Ergonomics, TU Darmstadt/Germany, for Prof. Occhipinti
• Notes on some italian experiences at national or regional level (authorities) regarding prevention plans orcampaign for the prevention of WMSDs (PDF, 224 kB, non-accessible)
  Prof. Enrico Occhipinti, IRCCS, Milano, Italy
•   Effects of training programs to reduce MSD - quit lifting techniques? (PDF, 141 kB, non-accessible)
  Dr. Veerle Hermans, IDEWE, Leuven, Belgium
• Development and validation of a risk assessment instrument for hand-arm tasks (PDF, 815 kB, non-accessible)
  Dr. Birgitte Blatter, TNO Work and Employment, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
• Support the Precision-Workers by appropriate technical means (PDF, 3.4 MB, non-accessible)
  Urs Kaufmann, SUVA, Luzern, Switzerland

Plenary session 2

• Effective interventions to prevent work-related MSDs - lessons from systematic literature reviews (PDF, 644 kB, non-accessible)
  Dr. Ben Amick, IWH Toronto, Canada
• Priorities, Intervention, Evaluation - Prevention of MSD (PDF, 604 kB, non-accessible)
  Prof. Tore J. Larsson, KTH Stockholm, Sweden

Summary Workshop 1

• Summary Workshop 1 (PDF, 125 kB, non-accessible)
  Prof. Thomas Kraus, Dr. Elke Ochsmann (DGAUM) and Prof. Dr. Rolf Ellegast, DGUV

Summary Workshop 2

• Summary Workshop 2 (PDF, 48 kB, non-accessible)
  Prof. Bernd Hartmann (BG Bau), Prof. Eva Münster (DGAUM) and Dr. Ulrich Glitsch (DGUV)