MANUAL MEDICINE WORLDWIDE 2020
Lecture 5:
How do we measure the outcome in patients with musculoskeletal pain?
- Dr. Berit Schøttz-Christensen, PhD
Internal Medicine and Rheumatology
Diploma in Musculoskeletal Medicin
Certified in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Diploma ‘Den Syddanske Forbedringsmodel’ (Virginia Mason Concept)
University of Southern Denmark
Department of Regional Health Research
Odense, Denmark
berit@dadlnet.dk
Abstract
During years we have focused on pain scores and disability-level as the outcome among MSK-patients, without taking into account that the individual patient may have different conditions wish has to be taken into account describing their overall health situation. WHO has proposed the framework of the International Classification of Function (ICF) to be used to describe all conditions to be taken into consideration. This framework is premature and has to be validated in a clinical setting.
The framework and the initiatives to use the framework in the daily clinic will be subject to the presentation.
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Curriculum
1997 International research fellowship, UCSD, San Diego
2001 Phd Monitoring the clinical course of patients referred for diagnostic suspected having lumbar herniated disc, Aarhus University
2002-2005 Associated Postgraduate Professor, Aarhus University
2005-2007 Associated Pregraduate Professor, Aarhus University
2003-2007 Chief physician, University Hospital Aarhus
2008-2013 Owner of Clinic of Rheumatology Aarhus, 2008-2013
2014-2020 Head of Medical Research and Professor, Spine Centre of Southern Denmark
2014 Professor, Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark
2018 Vicepresident of the Danish Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine
2019 Scientific director of IAMMM