RSI research

A new HSE-funded report into repetitive strain injury has called for “multimodal interventions” to help sufferers return to work.

Management of upper limb disorders and the biopsychosocial model found that “neither medical treatment nor ergonomic workplace interventions alone offer an optimal solution”. And it cited evidence that “successful management strategies require all the players to be onside and acting in a coordinated fashion; this requires engaging employers and workers to participate”.

The report is available at www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr596.htm