RCPI, No. 6 Kildare Street

Friday 30th March 2007

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS: CLINICAL APPROACHES TO COMMON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

Working Backs Project

C. Cunningham, P. Gueret, C. Toole ,T. Flynn, O. Seale, S. Bulfin, C. Blake

School of Physiotherapy and Performance Science, University College Dublin

St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin 4

Rotator Cuff Disease in the Work Place

Clare Gilsenan MSc MISCP

Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist,

Beaumont Hosptial

The Management of Biomechanical Conditions in the workplace

Christine Kiernan BSc (Hons), Pod. MDip

AMNCH, Tallaght

The Management of Biomechanical Conditions in the Workplace

Fiona Keogan MISCP

Physiotherapy Dept, Beaumont Hospital

A Jobbing Orthopaedic Surgeon’s View of Back Pain

Mr Peter Keogh, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

James Connolly Memorial Hospital, Blanchardstown

Physiotherapy Assessment & Treatment of Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD)

Doireann Nash MISCP

Barry Kehoe MISCP

Applied Ergonomics

Timoth S Smith

Ergonomic Consultant, Employment Health Advisors Ltd.