PREMUS2016

PREMUS 2016
Program
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Keynote speakers
Monday, June 20, 8:30-10:00am, Ballroom B
Dr. Bradley Evanoff
NIOSH Upper Limb Musculoskeletal Disorder Consortium: What did we
learn about carpal tunnel syndrome, and what should we do next?
Most studies of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders
(MSDs) among workers are limited by small sample sizes or
restricted to a small subset of jobs. To overcome this, six
U.S. research centres pooled data from their prospective
studies of musculoskeletal outcomes, in what’s known as
the Upper Limb Musculoskeletal Disorder Consortium. The
consortium is a collaborative research program initiated
by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH) in 2000.
Dr. Bradley Evanoff will share what the consortium has
learned about the risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome.
Following 4,300 workers from more than 50 workplaces
for at least three years, the consortium uses pooled data
making it the largest study of carpal tunnel syndrome to
date. Evanoff will discuss what we now know about the risk
factors for carpal tunnel syndrome and what they mean
for the future prevention of this painful condition among
workers.
Dr. Bradley Evanoff is Director of the Division of General
Medical Sciences, Director of the Institute of Clinical and
Translational Sciences and Assistant Dean for Clinical and
Translational Research at the Washington University School
of Medicine in St. Louis, U.S.A. He’s also the Richard A. and
Elizabeth Henby Sutter Professor of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine. His research in occupational health
is primarily focused on the epidemiology and prevention of
work-related musculoskeletal disorders, work-related health
problems in health-care workers, and the evaluation of
occupational medical education.