Search for dissertations about: "musculoskeletal"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 349 swedish dissertations containing the word musculoskeletal.

  2. 16. CHRONIC MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN. Population studies of pain-experience with special focus on the Total Body Pain and aspects of adaptation in a cognitive-behavior psychological frame of reference

    Author : John Ektor-Andersen; Kliniskt Centrum för Hälsofrämjande Vård; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Skeleton; muscle system; rheumatology locomotion; Skelett; muskelsystem; reumatologi; widespread; vocational dysfunction; sick leave; prediction; psychosocial factors; population study; pain; musculoskeletal; mechanical exposure; epidemiology; Chronic; coping; cognitive-behavioral psychology;

    Abstract : Musculoskeletal pain-related vocational dysfunction is a major public health problem. The solution is beyond the scope of biomedicine, but the problem could well be analyzed in the complementary, cognitive-behavior psychological frame of reference. READ MORE

  4. 17. Factors related to musculoskeletal disorders in Swedish police

    Author : Louise B. Larsen; Nerrolyn Ramstrand; Svend Erik Mathiassen; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Load carriage; Musculoskeletal pain; Occupational health; Police;

    Abstract : Background: Police working in active duty are subject to occupation-specific exposures in the workplace which could place them at an increased risk of developing musculoskeletal disorders. These exposures include the requirement to wear a duty belt and body armour as well as sitting for long periods in fleet vehicles. READ MORE

  5. 18. Promoting return to work : lay experiences after sickness absence with musculoskeletal diagnoses

    Author : Gunnel Östlund; Gunnel Hensing; Elisabet Cedersund; Anne Hammarström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Musculoskeletal disorders; back pain; neck and shoulder pain; sickness absence; sick leave; qualitative interview; lay knowledge; patient satisfaction; rehabilitation; gender; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Introduction: Musculoskeletal disorders constitute the greatest cause of sickness absence from work. Despite research and efforts at rehabilitation, sickness absence due to these disorders has not decreased, but has instead increased, particularly in women. Clients’ perceptions of care and rehabilitation, i.e. READ MORE

  6. 19. Women on sick leave for long-term musculoskeletal pain : Factors associated with work ability, well-being and return to work

    Author : Mamunur Rashid; Annika Nilsson; Marja-Leena Kristofferzon; Marina Heiden; Katja Boersma; Högskolan i Gävle; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Biopsychosocial model; musculoskeletal pain; postal survey; prognostic factors; return to work; sick leave; women of working age; work ability and well-being; inget Strategiskt forskningsområde SFO ; no Strategic Research Area SFO ;

    Abstract : Background: Taking sick leave (SL) for long-term musculoskeletal pain (MSP), predominantly in the neck, shoulders and back, is common among women in Sweden. Long-term MSP affects their daily life and causes impaired work ability and long-term SL. READ MORE

  7. 20. Muscle strength and physical education: epidemiological studies of factors in adolescence and their association with later morbidity

    Author : Simon Timpka; Lund Ortopedi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pain; Musculoskeletal; Epidemiology. Muscle Strength; Isometric; Cardiovascular Disease; Physical Education; Adolescence;

    Abstract : Although Physical Education (PE) is a part of the school curriculum in many countries, the association between the performance in PE and later morbidity is largely unknown. An important marker of health, cardiorespiratory fitness is inversely associated with future cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. READ MORE