NASS 2017 Annual Meeting

Interdisciplinary Spine Forum: Return to Work Strategies for Stalled Cases (Room WF4)

Moderator: Marco Campello, PhD, PT

In this session, faculty discuss strategies to improve outcomes in delayed recovery cases. With the input of different stakeholders, clinicians, researchers and insurance representatives, attendees are provided with strategies to help difficult cases.

Upon completion of this session, participants should gain strategies to:

  • Manage difficult cases;
  • Recognize factors that hinders good outcome;
  • Improve communication with patients and other stakeholders.

Agenda

Case Presentation
Marco Campello, PT, PhD

How Can a Clinician/Physician Recognize and Remove the Stumbling Block?
Jennifer Christian, MD, MPH

What Can an Insurance Company Do for These Cases?
Glenn Pransky, MD, M.Occ.H.

What are the Experiences of Rehabilitation Interventions Such as Motivational Interviewing or Therapeutic Alliance?
Doug Gross, PT, PhD

What Can the Employer or Supervisor Do?
Bill Shaw, PhD

How Can We Bring Policy Makers to the Table?
Carol Cancelliere, DC, PhD

What Are the Models to be Used for Work Reinsertion in the Macro Level?
Katia Costa-Black, PhD

What is the Role of Professional Associations and the Research Community in General?
Margareta Nordin, Dr.Med.Sc.

Discussion
Faculty