Musculoskeletal Injury in Professional Dancers: Prevalence and Associated Factors: An International Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with injury in professional ballet and modern dancers, and assess if dancers are reporting their injuries and explore reasons for not reporting injuries.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Participants were recruited from nine professional ballet and modern dance companies in Canada, Denmark, Israel, and Sweden.

Costs and outcome for serious hand and arm injuries during the first year after trauma - a prospective study.

Background: To study costs and outcome for serious hand and arm injuries during the first year after the trauma.

Methods: In patients with a Hand Injury Severity Score (HISS) > 50, DASH and EQ-5D scores as well as factors related to costs within the health care sector, costs due to lost production and total costs were evaluated. Cox-regression analysis stratifying for mechanism of injury was used to analyse return to work.

Thoughts and experiences from returning to work after stroke.

Objective: The aim of this study was to increase the understanding of stroke survivors' thoughts and experiences from returning to work after stroke.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were carried out with twelve persons, based on a thematic interview guide. A qualitative content analysis was performed.

Return to work after a serious hand injury.

Objectives: This paper explores factors important for return to work (RTW) in people who have sustained a serious hand injury.

Participants: Forty people aged 19-64, with a severe or major hand injury were recruited consecutively during 2005-2007.

Methods: A self-administered and study specific questionnaire, including demographic data and standardised questionnaires for function, disability, daily occupations, health, quality of life, sense of coherence and several open questions was sent out by mail twelve months after injury.

Outcome and clinical changes in patients 3, 6, 12 months after a severe or major hand injury--can sense of coherence be an indicator for rehabilitation focus?

Background: Our objective was to explore outcome and clinical changes in hand function, satisfaction in daily occupations, sleep disturbances, health and quality of life in consecutive patients after a severe or major hand injury. Our objective was also to investigate possible differences between groups according to severity of injury, presence of peripheral nerve injury and the patients' sense of coherence.

Methods: A postal questionnaire, including demographic data, disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH), QoL (SF-36), EuroQol (EQ-5D VAS), hand function (VAS), satisfaction in daily occupation (SDO), was sent out 3, 6 and 12 months after injury to 45 consecutive patients with a severe or major hand injury.

Quality of life after stroke: well-being, life satisfaction, and subjective aspects of work.

Stroke incidence in those of working age has been reported to be increasing significantly, implying strong incentives for research concerning working ability after stroke. This study focused on differences in subjective aspects of work and dimensions of quality of life after having experienced stroke. Sixty-five persons answered a postal questionnaire.