Work disability prevention group

Our research focuses on disability prevention strategies, enhancing recovery in musculoskeletal disorders, health care effectiveness, work disability, and methods to achieve safe and sustained return to work. Specific topics include health care for workers with musculoskeletal injury in compensable settings, development and evaluation of self-reported assessments and performance-based tests which measure physical functioning and psychosocial factors. Research methods include quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods of observational studies in primary care or rehabilitation. Implementation of findings from clinical research into practice and continuing professional education are at the core of our motivation.

• Development of a screening tool for Post-Covid 19 conditions for primary care providers
  PI: Maurizio Trippolini, PT, PhD; Milo Puhan MD, Prof; Pasquale Calabrese Prof, Tala Balluz, MD, MPH
  Sponsor: University Hospital Basel, Swiss Insurance Medicine (SIM)
• GIBI Study: Ganzheitliche Klärung des Interventionsbedarfs bei gefährdeter beruflicher Integration.
  PI: Matthias Bethge, Prof.
  Sponsor: University of Lübeck, Deutscher Rentenversicherung, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales, Bundesprogram rehapro
• R2C2: Translation, cross-cultural validation and feasability of a feedback to for health care providers.
  PI: Maurizio Trippolini
  Sponsor: m-college, Bern
• Do Swiss primary care physicians adhere to clinical guidelines for low back pain?
  PI: Maria Wertli, MD, Prof.
  Sponsor: Bern University Hospital
• Changes in medication prescription for workers with musculoskeletal injuries (swopioids)
  PI: Maurizio Trippolini, PT, PhD and Maria Wertli, MD, Prof.
  Sponsor: Swiss Accident Insurance Fund (suva)
• Predictive validity of the Modified Spinal Function Sort (M-SFS)
  PI: Daniel Riese
  Sponsor: Institutional
• Matching perceived functional capacity and physical work requirements: a new classification of the Modified Spinal Function Sort (M-SFS)
  PI: David Bühne
  Sponsor: German Pension Insurance Fund (Deutscher Rentenversicherungsverbund, DRV)

• Car Accident Recovery Studies (CARS)
  PI: Maurizio Trippolini, PT, PhD
  Sponsor: Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, Boston, MA, USA
• Evaluation of functioning and recovery in workers with neck and back injuries
  PI: Maurizio Trippolini, PT, PhD
  Sponsor: Swiss Accident Insurance Fund (suva)
• Development of a measure of perceived functional capacity
  PI: Maurizio Trippolini, PhD
  Sponsor: Swiss Accident Insurance Fund (suva)
• Development of a measure of barriers for recovery (the Yellow flag Questionnaire)
  PI: Maurizio Trippolini, PhD
  Sponsor: Swiss Accident Insurance Fund (suva)