Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, 7.5 credits
Arbetsrelaterade besvär i rörelseorganen, 7.5 hp- Course code
- 3AH019
- Course name
- Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Credits
- 7.5 credits
- Form of Education
- Higher Education, study regulation 2007
- Main field of study
- Work and Health
- Level
- AV - Second cycle
- Grading scale
- Fail (U), pass (G) or pass with distinction (VG)
- Department
- Institute of Environmental Medicine
- Decided by
- Programme Committee 5
- Decision date
- 2013-09-23
- Revised by
- Programme Committee 5
- Last revision
- 2015-09-19
- Course syllabus valid from
- Spring 2016
Specific entry requirements
Occupational therapist - or physiotherapy degree of 180 HE credits or Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy or physiotherapy.
English and Swedish language skills equivalent to English A/English 6 and Swedish B/Swedish 3 at Swedish upper secondary school are also required.
Objectives
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
- Reflect on theories concerning physiological mechanisms and risk factors for work-related disorders in the musculoskeletal system.
- Describe and apply biomechanical principles within physical ergonomics.
- Identify and analyse work-related physical exposures and psychosocial factors and reflect on their importance for origin and maintaining of musculoskeletal disorders.
- Describe and discuss how psychosocial working conditions, stress and cognitive demands influence work performance and musculoskeletal disorders.
Content
The course includes work physiological mechanisms, such as energetic charge and local physical charges on the locomotive organs and acute and long-term effects regarding physical capacity and trouble in the locomotive organs. In the course, application of biomechanical principles within physical ergonomics is included. The course also concerns theories of how psychosocial working conditions, stress and cognitive charge influence work performance and musculoskeletal disorders.
Teaching methods
The teaching consists of a combination of distance education and scheduled campus teaching. The tuition forms at the campus teaching include lectures, seminars and group assignments. The distance education includes literature studies, group assignments, report writing, interview surveys etc
At the campus compulsory attendance at certain teaching parts can occur.
Examination
Examination takes place through individual, written examination, and a written group assignment with oral presentation in seminars. The examination of the written assignment is assessed from both written contents and oral presentation.
The grading scale is Fail/Pass/Pass with distinction.
passed grade attendance at compulsory lectures is required. The course director assesses if, and in that case, how absence can be compensated. Before student has participated in compulsory lectures or compensated absence in accordance with the instructions of Course Director the student's course results will not be reported in LADOK.
Limitation of number examination sessions
The student has the right to participate in six examination sessions. If the student has not passed after four examination sessions, the student is urged to visit the study adviser.
Every time the student participates in the same test counts as an examination session. Submission of blank exam is counted as examination session. Examination session to which the student has registered but not participated in will not be counted as an examination session.
Transitional provisions
Examination will be provided during a time of two years after a possible cancellation of the course. Examination can take place according to an earlier literature list during a time of one year after the date when a major renewal of the literature list been made.
Other directives
Course evaluation will be carried out according to the guidelines established by the Board for education and also according to evaluation routines within the Master's programme (one-year) in work and health.
Literature and other teaching aids
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2008 - 373 s. ISBN:978-91-44-04626-6 LIBRIS-ID:11200722 Library search
2. uppl. : Stockholm : Prevent, 2011 - 740 s. ISBN:978-91-7365-110-3 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID:12237276 Library search
Wahlström & Widstrand, 2010 - 220 s. ISBN:91-46-00054-2 LIBRIS-ID:12129367 Library search
2., [omarb.] uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2012 - 292 s. ISBN:978-91-44-05713-2 LIBRIS-ID:12323542 Library search
Stockholm : Statens beredning för medicinsk utvärdering (SBU), 2012 - 721 s. ISBN:978-91-85413-48-5 LIBRIS-ID:13480678 URL: Fulltext Library search
4. ed. : Philadelphia : Wolter Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, cop. 2012 - xvi, 454 s. ISBN:9781451117097 LIBRIS-ID:13520085 Library search
Stockholm : Statens beredning för medicinsk utvärdering (SBU), 2014 - 643 s. ISBN:9789185413683 LIBRIS-ID:17388347 URL: Fulltext Library search
Göteborg : Institutionen för medicin, 2008 - 47 s. ISBN:978-91-85971-07-7 LIBRIS-ID:11233432 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2077/18925 Library search
2. ed. : Philadelphia : Mosby Elsevier, cop. 2007 - xiii, 428 p. ISBN:978-0-323-02622-2 LIBRIS-ID:11911783 Library search
Stockholm : SISU idrottsböcker, 2007 - 183 s. ISBN:978-91-85433-16-2 LIBRIS-ID:10353321 Library search
Gävle : Gävle Univ. Press, cop. 2003 - xii, 310 s. ISBN:91-974948-0-1 LIBRIS-ID:9288857 Library search
Stockholm : Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2001 - 87 s. ISBN:91-7045-606-2 LIBRIS-ID:7595543 URL: Fulltext Library search
1. uppl. : Solna : Arbetsmiljöverket, 2005 - 138 s. ISBN:91-7464-457-2 LIBRIS-ID:9995612 Library search