NRP 53 “Musculoskeletal Health - Chronic Pain“
The main goal of the National Research Programme “Musculoskeletal Health – Chronic Pain“ (NRP 53) is to promote the maintenance of musculoskeletal health. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, the projects should investigate the following research foci:
- Analysis of musculoskeletal health status in the Swiss population, taking into consideration sociological, psychological, economic, legal, and ethical aspects
- Identification of new exogenous factors that cause musculoskeletal disease states or accidents/injuries, or promote musculoskeletal health, respectively, whereby the factors may stem from the workplace, lifestyles, or the environment
- Identification of genetic determinants of musculoskeletal health and pathology
- Intervention studies designed to promote musculoskeletal health for specific groups in the population at high risk for musculoskeletal diseases, and analysis of the relevant ethical, legal, psychological, sociological and economic issues
- Interdisciplinary analyses of the mechanisms of chronic pain and of the transition from acute to chronic pain in the musculoskeletal system
- Development of new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of pain in the musculoskeletal system
The NRP will provide the responsible cantonal and federal authorities with the necessary scientific bases for the designing of appropriate prevention measures and thus make an important contribution towards health promotion.
| Facts & figures | |
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| Framework | CHF 12'000'000 |
| Duration | 5 years |
| President of the steering committee | Andreas E. Stuck, Geriatrische Universitätsklinik, Spital Netz Bern, Bern |
| Implementation Officer | Mathis Brauchbar, Advocacy AG, Zürich |
| Programme Coordinator | Barbara Flückiger Schwarzenbach, SNSF |
| Work launch | April 2014 |
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- Implementation plan (PDF, 190 KB) (PDF)
- Programme portrait (PDF, 1.2 MB) (PDF)
- Sonderdruck im Schweizerischen Medizin-Forum / Tiré à part du Forum Médical Suisse (PDF, 4 MB) (PDF)
- Schlussbericht (PDF, 230 KB) (PDF)
- Rapport final (PDF, 244 KB) (PDF)
- Synthesebericht der Leitungsgruppe (PDF, 750 KB) (PDF)
- Rapport de synthèse du Comité de direction (PDF, 763 KB) (PDF)
- White Paper zur Gesundheit des Bewegungsapparats (PDF, 825 KB) (PDF)
- White Paper sur la santé musculo-squelettique (PDF, 827 KB) (PDF)
- White Paper zur Gesundheit des Bewegungsapparats, Kurzfassung / White Paper sur la santé musculo-squelettique, résumé (PDF, 520 KB) (PDF)