Pre-Conference Workshops will be held at:

University of Economics and Law
Faculté de Droit, d'Economie et de Gestion
13 allée François Mitterrand - ANGERS (49), France

 

There will be four pre-conference workshops offered on Sunday, August 29, 2010: 

• Associating biomechanics and verbalisation methods. 
• Promouvoir la prévention des TMS auprès des petites entreprises, l'influence des commandes institutionnelles dans les pratiques d'intervention qui visent la mobilisation des acteurs des entreprises.
• Thoracic outlet syndrome: from suspicion to a reasonable conviction. (How to suspect it; how to assess the patient and to establish the diagnosis).
• Comment mieux planifier le retour au travail en milieu ordinaire de personnes en absences prolongées reliées à des troubles musculo-squelettiques ou de santé mentale commun ? 

The workshops will last 1/2 day. Costs are as follows: 

• 80 € for a single workshop only (65 € for ICOH members, 50 € for students and persons from developing countries)
• 120 € for two workshops, one in the morning and one in the afternoon (100 € for ICOH members, 80 € for students and persons from developing countries)

• Associating biomechanics and verbalisation methods.  

   Language: English
 

   Keywords:

   - Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD) 

   - Exposure assessment

   - Biomechanics

   - Self-confrontation

   Teaching aims:

   The purpose of this workshop is to provide an outline of various methods association used
   when performing operations in a work environment and to introduce innovative approaches in
   relation to MSD prevention research. 
   Its teaching aims are to assist in understanding:

   Content:

   Examples of operations in a work environment will be presented during this workshop. These
   illustrate various methodological and analytical options determined by the research aims.
   These presentations will be followed by a discussion with participants. The workshop is
   specifically intended for ergonomists within a research and/or operational perspective.

 

• Promouvoir la prévention des TMS auprès des petites entreprises, l'influence des commandes institutionnelles dans les pratiques d'intervention qui visent la mobilisation des acteurs des entreprises.

    Conférenciers :

    - René Brunet

    Langue : Français

• Thoracic outlet syndrome: from suspicion to a reasonable conviction. (How to suspect it; how to assess the patient and to establish the diagnosis)

 

    Instructors:

     - Jacky Laulan 
     - Bernard Fouquet  


 

    Language: English

    Contents

    The prevalence of neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is still underestimated.
    In our experience, TOS is the most frequent nerve entrapment syndrome after carpal tunnel
    syndrome.

    A primary TOS may be responsible for diffuse symptoms as well as distal paresthesia or
    pain; intrinsic muscles atrophy is exceptional. Furthermore, it usually favours and enhances
    the manifestations of a distal entrapment syndrome (double crush).

    Conversely, every painful disorder in the upper arm can lead to a scapulobrachial dysfunction
    and a secondary TOS. 

    In the absence of a clear-cut aetiology the diagnosis of TOS is usually considered.
    But when a distal pathology is present the associated TOS is usually overlooked and can
    be responsible for a (relative) therapeutic failure. 

    Thus it is of great importance to evocate and to search an associated TOS in the presence
    of every painful disorder in the upper limb (carpal tunnel syndrome, lateral elbow pain,
    chronic pain…)

    The diagnosis of TOS is based on clinical data: history, symptoms characteristics
    (type, topography, exacerbating postures), and physical examination with provocative tests.

    The aims of this workshop are to familiarize with the situations in which a TOS must be
    suspected, to study the strategy to assess the patient symptoms and to evaluate the
    criteria which permit to establish the diagnosis and to propose adapted treatments.

• Comment mieux planifier le retour au travail en milieu ordinaire de personnes en absences prolongées reliées à des troubles musculo-squelettique ou de santé mentale commun ?

 

    Conférenciers :

    - Marie José Durand, PhD, directrice du Centre d’action et de Prévention et de Réadaptation
     au Travail

    - Nicole Charpentier, Bacc, coordonatrice de l’équipe clinique

    - Jean Baptiste Fassier, Md

    Langue : Français

    Contenu :

    Ce cours sera construit à partir des 12 ans d’expérience d’une équipe de recherche-clinique
    de l’université de Sherbrooke qui a développé un programme de réactivation et de retour au
    travail dans le milieu ordinaire. 
    Ce programme a été évalué, s'est montré efficace et est devenu le standard de pratique
    au Québec. Les grands principes d’intervention seront dégagés et illustrés à l’aide de
    cas clinique. Finalement, nous ferons le bilan de la faisabilité de l’implantation de ce  type
    de programme en France.