Development and evaluation of decision-support tools for the temporary reassignment of workers suffering from musculoskeletal disorders

Abstract

A study previously carried out in the context of the interprovincial Workready project developed the portrait of the management of workers suffering from musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and identified the needs of different professionals. This project led to the production of a guide, tools and a process intended to meet the needs and respond to the difficulties expressed by companies in their practices for managing the disabilities of employees suffering from MSDs.
This guide and the intervention strategy and decision-aid tools it includes are intended to address these needs and the difficulties companies encounter when providing modified work assignments to employees with MSDs. It proposes an approach to the planning and implementation of modified work programs as well as identifies specific actions companies may take to carry out effective case management and follow-up of workers with MSD.
The decision-aid tools integrated into the guide, in the form of worksheets and forms, permit the rapid recognition of workrelated risk factors for MSD. There are three series of worksheets and forms. Each series includes worksheets or forms that are specific to each of the body regions most commonly affected by these disorders, namely the back, the neck and shoulders, the elbows, and the hands and wrists.
These tools facilitate the selection of modified work tasks with physical demands that match the injured worker’s physical capacities, in an effort to avoid recurrences or aggravation of the injury and to promote rehabilitation.

Produced Under this Project

Scientific Reports

Workers affected by musculoskeletal disorders: management strategies in the workplace in the electrical/electronic industry on Montreal island Workready Phase 1: Québec qualitative aspect Research Report: R-297, R-298

Guide and Tools

Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders - Guide and Tools for Modified Work Intervention tool: OMRT-Fr, OMRT-En

Scientific Publications

Obstacles and factors facilitating return to work of workers with musculoskeletal disorders : summary of the report on the Québec qualitative study in the electric and electronic sector of Worready phase 1
Stock S. R., Deguire S., Baril R., Durand M. J.
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Direction de la santé publique, Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux Montréal-Centre, 2000, 24 p
Workplace strategies and decision aid tools for modified work
Stock S. R., Baril R., Deguire S., Dion-Hubert C., Haffar A., Lapointe C., Sauvage J., Simoneau S., St-Jacques Y., Vaillancourt C.
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in Programme and Abstract Book of the Fourth International Scientific Conference on Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (PREMUS 2001), (September 30th-October 4th, 2001, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), 2001, p. 69
Decision aid tools for modified work for workers with musculoskeletal disorders
Stock S. R., Baril R., Deguire S., Dion-Hubert C., Haffar A., Lapointe C., Sauvage J., Simoneau S., St-Jacques Y., Vaillancourt C.
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in Les transformations du travail, enjeux pour l’ergonomie : Actes du congrès conjoint de l’Association canadienne d’ergonomie et de la Société d’ergonomie de langue française / ACE-SELF, (3-5 octobre, 2001 : Montréal, Canada), CD-ROM, vol. 5, 2001, p. 149-152
Return to work
Stock S. R., Deguire S., Baril R., Durand M. J.
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in Programme and Abstract Book of the Fourth International Scientific Conference on Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (PREMUS 2001), (September 30th-October 4th, 2001, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), 2001, p. 136
Outils d'aide à la décision pour le maintien et le retour au travail des travailleurs atteints de troubles musculo-squelettiques
Baril R., Stock S., Deguire S., Dion-Hubert C., Haffar A., Lapointe C., Sauvage J., Simoneau S., St-Jacques Y., Vaillancourt C.
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in XXVIIe Congrès national de médecine et santé au travail, (27e : 4-7 juin, 2002 : Grenoble, France), Archives des maladies professionnelles et de médecine du travail, vol. 63, no 3-4, 2002, p. 302
Back pain rehabilitation : workplace strategies and decision aid tools for modified work
Stock S. R., Baril R., Deguire S., Dion-Hubert C., Haffar A., Lapointe C., Sauvage J., Simoneau S., St-Jacques Y., Vaillancourt C.
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in Proceedings of the 6th International Forum for Primary Care Research on Low Back Pain, (6th : May 22-24, 2003 : Linköping, Sweden), 2003, p. 45
The tools for modified work : Project - Phase 2 : implementation, evaluation and revision of workplace strategies and decision aid tools
Stock S. R., Baril R., Derfoul Z., Deguire S., Dion-Hubert C., Lapointe C., Paquette S., Sauvage J., Simoneau S., St-Jacques Y., Vaillancourt C.
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in Fit, form and function : Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists, (34th : 15-18 octobre, 2003 : London, Ontario)
Management of return-to-work programs for workers with musculoskeletal disorders : a qualitative study in three canadian provinces
Baril R., Clarke J., Friesen M., Stock S., Cole D., Work-ready group
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Social Science and Medicine, vol. 57, no 11, 2003, p. 2101-2114
Stakeholder views or return to work after occupational injury
Guzman J., Frank J., Stock S. R., Yassi A., Loisel P., Baril R.
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in Preventing and managing disability injury at work, Sullivan, T.; Frank, J. (eds), London, Routledge, 2003, p. 87-100
Change and growth in the development of return-to-work strategies
Frank J. W., Yassi A., Stock S., Guzman J., Clarke J., Friesen M., Cole D.
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in Canadian Associations of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) Annual Conference, (May 25 - 28, 2002 : St-John, New Brunswick), 2002
Ergonomie et programmes de retour au travail pour des travailleurs et travailleuses atteint(e)s de troubles musculo-squelettique
Durand M. J., Lalumière A., Stock S.
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in D'un riche passé @ un avenir prometteur : 23e Congrès de l'Association québécoise pour l'hygiène, la santé et la sécurité du travail / AQHSST, (23e : 9-11 mai, 2001 : Hull, Canada), 2001
Les enjeux du retour au travail lors de lésion musculo-squelettique
Durand M. J., Lalumière A.
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28e congrès de l'Association canadienne d'ergonomie (28e : 3-5 octobre, 1998 : Montréal, Canada)
Workplace strategies and decision aid tools to facilitate modified work for workers with musculoskeletal disorders
Stock S., Baril R., Chatigny C., Deguire S., Dion-Hubert C., Haffar A., Lapointe C., Sauvage J., Simoneau S., St-Jacques Y., Vaillancourt C.
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in Forum on Knowledge Transfer for Workplace Health & Safety, Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada / AWCBC (November 19-20, 2001 : Toronto, Canada), 2001
Quebec Workready I: Obstacles and factors facilitating return to work of workers with musculoskeletal disorders
Stock S., Deguire S., Baril R., Durand M. J.
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In Low Back Pain and Disability: Unravelling the Puzzle, (November 30-Dec 2, 2000 : New York, USA), 2000, p. 183-184
Workplace strategies and decision aid tools for modified work
Stock S. R., Baril R., Deguire S., Dion-Hubert C., Haffar A., Lapointe C., Sauvage J., Shardonofsky S., Simoneau S., St-Jacques Y., Vaillancourt C.
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in Low Back Pain and Disability: Unravelling the Puzzle, (November 30-Dec 2, 2000 : New York, NY), 2000
L'évaluation de l'implantation des stratégies de prise en charge des travailleurs atteints de lésions musculo-squelettiques en milieu de travail dans le secteur électrique et électronique de l'île de Montréal
Stock S., Deguire S., Baril R., Durand M. J.
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in Retombées de la recherche réseau en réadaptation au Québec : Congrès annuel de REPAR, (mai 2000, Québec, Canada), 2000
Development and evaluation of decision aid tools for modified work for workers with musculoskeletal disorders
Stock S., Baril R., Dion-Hubert C., Lapointe C., Simoneau S., Contandriopoulos A. P., Shardonofsky S., Deguire S.
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in Proceedings of Fifth Annual HealNet Conference, (5th : April 2-4, 2000 : Toronto, Canada), 2000
Work-ready : return to work approaches for people with soft tissue injuries : work-ready case studies
Frank J., Yassi A., Stock S., Guzmàn J., Clarke J., Friesen M., Cole D., Deguire S., Baril R.
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Toronto, Institute for Work and Health and National Institute of Disability Management and Research, 2000, 37 p
Work-ready : return to work approaches for people with soft tissue injuries : workshop facilitator's manual
Frank J., Yassi A., Stock S., Guzmàn J., Clarke J., Friesen M., Cole D., Deguire S., Baril R.
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Toronto, Institute for Work and Health and National Institute of Disability Management and Research, Toronto, 27 p
Work-ready : return to work approaches for people with soft tissue injuries: workshop participant's booklet
Frank J., Yassi A., Stock S., Guzmàn J., Clarke J., Friesen M., Cole D., Deguire S., Baril R.
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Toronto, Institute for Work and Health and National Institute of Disability Management and Research, 2000, 11 p
Facilitation of return-to-work after a soft tissue injury: synthesizing evidence and experience. A HEALNet report on the findings of the Work-Ready project
Frank J., Guzmàn J., Stock S., Baril R.
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Hamilton, Ontario. HEALNet Work-Ready Research Group, 1999, 140 pages
Stratégies pour la prise en charge des travailleurs atteints de lésions musculo-squelettiques. Lésions attribuables au travail répétitif et lésions musculo-squlettiques
Stock S.
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in Colloque annuelle de l’association des infirmières et infirmiers en santé au travail du Québec, (23 avril, 1997 : Montréal, Canada), 1997
Les obstacles et les facteurs facilitant la prise en charge, par les entreprises, des travailleurs atteints de lésions musculo-squelettiques
Stock S.
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in Des appuis à l'intervention préventive en milieu de travail : Colloque 2000 de l'Association des médecins en santé au travail du réseau du secteur publique / AMSTRSP), (2000 : Montréal, Canada), 2000
Development of workplace strategies and decision aid tools for early return to work of workers with back pain
Stock S., Baril R., Deguire S., Dion-Hubert C., Haffar A., Lapointe C., Simoneau S., Sauvage J., Vaillancourt C., Shardonofski S.
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in Proceedings of the Congress Back Pain and Disability-Unraveling the Puzzle, (2000 : New York, USA), 2000, p. 181-182
Prevention of Long-term Disability: What Factors in the Workplace Facilitate or Impede Return to Work of Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders?
Stock S., Deguire S., Baril R., Durand M. J.
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in Prevention of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders, (February 2000 : Seattle, USA), 2000
Les obstacles et les facteurs facilitant le maintien ou le retour au travail des travailleurs atteints de lésions musculo-squelettiques
Stock S., Deguire S., Baril R., Durand M. J.
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in Colloque 2000 : Association des médecins en santé au travail du réseau du secteur publique / AMSTRSP, (Janvier 2000), 2000
Travailleuses et travailleurs atteints de lésions musculo-squelettiques : les stratégies de prise en charge en milieu de travail dans le secteur électrique/électronique de l’île de Montréal. « Workready » Phase 1 : Volet qualitatif québécois
Stock S., Deguire S., Baril R., Durand M. J.
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Direction de la santé publique, Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal-Centre, 1999, 65 p
Facilitation of return to work after a soft tissue injury : bringing the stakeholders together. A HealNet report on the finding of the work-ready II project
Guzmàn J., Ward A., Franck J., Stock S., Baril R.
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Hamilton, HEALNet Work-Ready Research Group, February 2000, 62 p
Change and growth in the development of return-to-work strategies
Frank J. W., Yassi A., Stock S., Guzman J., Clarke J., Friesen M., Cole D., Baril R.
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in AWCBC Forum: Research Solutions: Putting research to work to reduce work-related injury and disease, (November, 2001 : Toronto, Canada), 2001
The "tools for modified work" project-phases 2 and 3 : implementation evaluation and revision of workplace strategies and decision aid tools
Stock S. R., Baril R., Derfoul Z., Deguire S., Dion-Hubert C., Lapointe C., Paquette S., Sauvage J., Simoneau S., St-Jacques Y., Vaillancourt C.
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in Fifth International Scientific Conference on Prevention of Workrelated Musculoskeletal Disorders PREMUS, (5th : July 11-15, 2004 : Zurich, Switzerland) 2004, volume 1, p. 277-278
The revised tools for modified work : research transfer to the workplace
Stock S., Baril R., Dion-Hubert C., Lapointe C., Paquette S., Sauvage J., Simoneau S., Vaillancourt C.
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in Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health / CARWH (May 15-17, 2005 : Vancouver, Canada), 2005
Projet Outils pour le maintien et le retour au travail (OMRT) : développement d’outils destinés aux entreprises
Lapointe C., Stock S. R., Baril R., Dion-Hubert C., Paquette S., Sauvage J., Simoneau S., Vaillancourt C.
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in Colloque la santé et la sécurité du travail au Québec : Symposium "Actions de transfert en SST vers les milieux de travail: défis, étonnements, enjeux, stratégies" : Congrès de l'ACFAS (11 mai, 2005 : Chicoutimi, Canada), Réseau de recherche en santé et en sécurité du travail du Québec / RRSSTQ, 2005, (http://www.rrsstq.com/stock/fra/conferences0104.pdf)
The interrater reliability of a functional capacity evaluation: the physical work performance evaluation
Durand M. J., Loisel P., Poitras S., Mercier R., Stock S. R., Lemaire J.
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Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, vol. 14, no 2, 2004, p. 119-129
The inter-rater reliability of a functional capacity evaluation: the physical work performance evaluation
Durand M. J., Loisel P., Poitras S., Mercier R., Stock S., Lemaire J.
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in Low Back Pain and Disability: Unravelling the Puzzle, (November 30-Dec 2, 2000 : New York, NY), 2000
Étude de sensibilité au changement de l'évaluation des capacités physiques liées au travail (ECPT): résultats préliminaires
Vachon B., Durand M. J., Loisel P., Poitras S., Stock S., Charpentier N.
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in Retombées de la recherche réseau en réadaptation au Québec : Congrès annuel de REPAR, (mai 2000, Québec, Canada), 2000
Guide and tools for modified work (TMW) for workers with musculoskeletal disorders: a knowledge transfer project
Stock S. R., Baril R., Dion-Hubert C., Lapointe C., Sauvage J., Simoneau S., Vaillancourt C.
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in Proceedings of the 28th International Congress on Occupational Health / ICOH, (28th : June 11-16, 2006 : Milan, Italy), 2006
Guide and tools for modified work (TMW) for workers with musculoskeletal disorders: a knowledge transfer project
Stock S., Baril R., Dion-Hubert C., Lapointe C., Malo J.-L., Paquette S., Sauvage J., Simoneau S., Vaillancourt C.
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in Proceedings of the 16th World Congress of the International Ergonomics Association / IEA (16th : July 10-14, 2006 : Maastricht, Netherlands), CD-ROM, Pikaar, R.N., Koningsveld, E.A.P., Settels, P.J.M. (éds), Elsevier, 2006
Distal lower-extremity pain and work postures in the Quebec population
Messing K., Tissot F., Stock S.
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American Journal of Public Health, vol. 98, no 4, 2008, p. 705-713
Les troubles musculo-squelettiques, la détresse psychologique et les conditions de travail au Québec : relations complexes dans un monde du travail en mutation
Stock S., Vézina N., Steifert A. M., Tissot F., Messing K.
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Santé, société et solidarité, no 2, 2006, p. 45-58
Determinants of «return to work in good health» among workers with back pain who consult in primary care settings: a 2-year prospective study
Dionne C. E., Bourbonnais R., Frémont P., Rossignol M., Stock S. R., Nouwen A., Larocque I., Demers E.
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European Spine Journal, vol. 16, no 5, 2007, p. 641-655
La surveillance des troubles musculo-squelettiques liés au travail au Québec
Stock S.
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Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire, no 40-41, 2006, p. 319-322
Le retour au travail d’un travailleur atteint d’une lésion musculo-squelettique : Comment évaluer une proposition d'assignation temporaire?
Stock S., Paquette S., Malo J. L.
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Médecin du Québec, vol. 41, no 6, 2006, p. 107-116
Prise en charge du travailleur atteint de TMS
Stock S.
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in Les maladies reliées au travail : à l'aube des nouvelles réalités : Congrès de l’Association des infirmières et infirmiers en santé du travail du. Québec, (15-16 mai, 2006 : Boucherville, Canada), 2006

Additional Information

Type: Project

Number: 0099-0330

Status: Completed

Year of completion: 2006

Research Field: Occupational Rehabilitation

Team:

Susan Stock (Direction de santé publique de Montréal-Centre)
Raymond Baril (IRSST)
Marie-José Durand (Université de Sherbrooke)
Michel Rossignol (Université McGill)
Donald Cole (Institute for Work and Health)
Richard Wells (Université de Waterloo)
John Frank (Université de Toronto)
André-Pierre Contandriopoulos (Université de Montréal)
Jochen Moehr (Université de Victoria)
Jaime Guzman (Université de Manitoba)
Diane Berthelette (Université du Québec à Montréal )
Claire Lapointe (IRSST)
Serge Simoneau (Association sectorielle paritaire pour la santé et la sécurité du travail du secteur de la fabrication de produits en métal, de la fabrication de produits électriques et des industries de l'habillement)