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Low back pain and sick leave: How and how much can this be prevented

SOUND seminar April 15, 2005, at Symbion, Fruebjergvej 3, 2100 København Ø.

Questions addressed at the meeting:

• Is it possible to keep to the notion of “primary prevention” for the condition “low back disorder” due to the large prevalence and life-long incidence in all populations?
• Do we have evidence of a substantial number of chronic low back disorders being caused by work exposure? 
• If yes, how should at general prevention campaign focus? What are the best effect measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the campaign? 
• If no, how can we prevent longer sick leave and eventual premature pensioning due to the suffering by low back pain?

Presentations from the seminar available as streaming media

(Technical note).

Dr. Johan Hviid Andersen, Dept. Of Occupational Medicine, Herning Hospital, Denmark
[View the presentation by Dr. Hviid Andersen]

Prof. Hege R Eriksen, University of Bergen, Norway
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Prof. Holger Ursin, University of Bergen, Norway
[View the presentation by Prof. Ursin]

Prof. Hilkka Riihimäki, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
[View the presentation by Prof. Rihiimäki]

Dr. William S Marras, The Ohio State University, USA 
[View the presentation by Dr. Marras]

Organisers: Palle Ørbæk/NRCWE and Jørgen Winkel/NIWL on behalf of SOUND.

Scientific Secretary: Anne Katrine Blangsted

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