• Accumulation of health complaints is associated with persistent musculoskeletal pain two years later in adolescents: The Fit Futures Study 

      Smedbråten, Kaja; Grotle, Margreth; Jahre, Henriette; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn; Côté, Pierre; Steingrimsdottir, Olöf Anna; Storheim, Kjersti; Nielsen, Christopher Sivert; Øiestad, Britt Elin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-29)
      There is limited knowledge on the association between different health complaints and the development of persistent musculoskeletal pain in adolescents. The aims of this study were to assess whether specific health complaints, and an accumulation of health complaints, in the first year of upper-secondary school, were associated with persistent musculoskeletal pain 2 years later. We used data from a ...
    • Effectiveness of adding motivational interviewing or a stratified vocational advice intervention to usual case management on return to work for people with musculoskeletal disorders: The MI-NAV randomised controlled trial 

      Aanesen, Fiona; Grotle, Margreth; Rysstad, Tarjei Langseth; Tveter, Anne Therese; Tingulstad, Alexander; Løchting, Ida; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; van Tulder, Maurits W.; Berg, Rigmor; Foster, Nadine E.; Wynne-Jones, Gwenllian; Sowden, Gail; Fors, Egil Andreas; Bagøien, Gunnhild Irene; Hagen, Roger; Storheim, Kjersti; Øiestad, Britt Elin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-25)
      <b><p>Objectives:</b> To evaluate if adding motivational interviewing (MI) or a stratified vocational advice intervention (SVAI) to usual case management (UC), reduced sickness absence over 6 months for workers on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders. <b><p>Methods:</b> We conducted a three-arm parallel pragmatic randomised controlled trial including 514 employed workers (57% women, ...