Recently the Danish National Board of Industrial
Injuries has funded two literature reviews on the evidence of a causal
association between computer work and carpal tunnel syndrome and
musculoskeletal diseases in the neck, shoulder, arm and hand. The
organisational framework to assure a high scientific standard of these and
other coming reviews was established by the Scientific Committee of DASAM
(Dansk Selskab for Arbejds- og Miljømedicin).
The background and organisation of the work will be presented, and the
literature reviews will be presented by the authors and discussed in
relation to aspects of workers compensation and prevention. Representatives
of the National Board of Industrial Injuries and the labour market parties
will take part in the discussions.
The seminar will also discuss the impact of computer related
musculoskeletal pain and disorders in terms of functional impairment and
sick leave.
Another aspect is the prevention of musculoskeletal pain among computer
workers. Professor David Rempel, University of California, will present a
review of workplace interventions to prevent pain and disorders among
computer users.
You must register your participation in advance:
Registration dead line: September 21, to
dopr@glostruphosp.kbhamt.dk.
Max. 140 registrations
Seminar fee:
Members of SOUND or DASAM: 100 DKK.
Non-members: 500 DKK
Payment to Bank account:
IBANNR. DK76 3000 4442 9700 33 or
Bank reg.nr 3100 kontonr. 4442970033.
Note: “24,23, Sound-Dasam-AMI” and your name
The seminar is organized by:
Department of Occupational Medicine in Glostrup
Danish National Institute of Occupational Health (AMI)
National Institute of Working Life (NIWL), Sweden
Institute of Exercise and Sports Medicine, University of Copenhagen
Agenda:
09:15-09:45: Coffee, registration
09:45-10:00: Wellcome and introduction (Sigurd Mikkelsen, Department of
Occupational Medicine
in
Glostrup)
10:00-10:20: Reference documents on work related diseases: the role of the
Scientific Committee of
DASAM. (Sigurd Mikkelsen, The Scientific Committee, DASAM).
10:20-10:30 Carpal tunnel syndrome and the use of computer mouse and
keyboard. A Review.
(Jane Frølund Thomsen, Department of Occupational Medicine, Glostrup).
10:30-11:00:A critical review of evidence for a causal relationship between
computer work and
musculoskeletal disorders with physical findings of the neck and upper
extremity (Bo
Veiersted, Therese Nordberg, Morten Wærsted, National Institute of
Occupational
Health, Norway).
11:00-12:00:Panel discussion on reference documents, general aspects and
specific comments to
the documents on computer work (repr. from Danish Employers’
Confederation
(Sven-Peter Nygaard), Danish Federation of Trade Unions (Anne Marie Bryde),
National Board of Industrial Injuries (Bent Mathiesen), The Scientific
Committee,
DASAM (Staffan Skerfving), and Jane Frølund Thomsen and Bo Veiersted.
The discussion language will be in Danish/Swedish/Norwegian.
12:00-13:00: Lunch
13:00-13:15: Musculoskeletal disorders and physical exposure among computer
using air traffic
controllers (Inger Arvidsson, Dep.of Occupational and Environ. Health,
Lund).
13:15-13:30: Computer work and long-term sick leave (Johan Hviid Andersen,
Department of
Occupational Medicine, Herning).
13:30-13:45: Functional capacity and musculoskeletal health among
computer workers. Data from
workplace studies conducted by the Danish National Institute of
Occupational Health
(Gisela Sjøgård, Danish National Institute of Occupational Health).
13:45-14:45: Workplace interventions to prevent pain and disorders among
computer users (David
Rempel, Professor of Occupational Medicine at the University of California
at San
Francisco, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California at
Berkeley,
Director of the Ergonomics Graduate Training program at UC Berkeley,
USA).
14:45-15:15 Coffee break
15:15-16:00: General discussion. Theme: What can we prevent? What should we
compensate?
Panel: Inger Arvidsson, Johan Hviid Andersen, Gisela Sjøgård, David Rempel.
The SOUND steering committee will meet during lunch and 1600-1700.
Presentations will after the seminar be found on the new SOUND website: www.sound-osh.net
