Work and health

Our research aims to develop efficient and effective therapy measures in order to help those who have suffered an accident or who are ill to return to the labour market. The research results are applied in education and continuing education with the aim of improving basic care, rehabilitation and professional reintegration.

We use the Bern Movement Lab and the Bern Mobility Centre infrastructure for our research.

Come join our team

For master's theses

Please contact Dr. Maurizio Trippolini to learn about current opportunities for participation in the framework of a master’s thesis.

For PhD theses

We currently do not have any open doctoral positions.

Projects

Our research projects on the topic of work and health:

Current projects

  • 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)

Completed projects

  • 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)

Partnerships

Completed projects

  • 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)

Publications