He or she has reported a work related injury but this has not been officially approved and the person continues to work from financial necessity. The number of people on disability pensions because of back trouble is expected to increase if work with rehabilitation is not intensified. Rehabilitation programmes which promote changes in lifestyle have produced good results. In a test group consisting of women with back pain, the number on disability pensions fell by more than 20 per cent after a combination of behaviour oriented and exercise based rehabilitation. Cardiovascular diseases can be inhibited Better methods of treatment have meant that more and more people survive heart attacks.
Exercise is perhaps the best example that people can really change their lifestyle.
In this way we can influence our cardiovascular condition in a positive way at the same time as the risk of a new attack is reduced. Rehabilitation makes it possible to slow down the development of the disease,' explains Dr Jan Lisspers, responsible for the cardiovascular section of the HUR project. Asthma is increasing Only one third of all asthma cases are investigated thoroughly, the diagnosis 'cough' often being given instead. Asthma is the most prominent cause of long term sick leave for respiratory diseases. Despite the fact that asthma can be cured, only five to seven per cent of sufferers have undergone rehabilitation.