Researcher profile
TARJEI RYSSTAD
Current appointment
PhD student
Area of interest
Musculoskeletal pain | Work disability | Prognosis research | Methodology
RESEARCHER BIO
Tarjei is a PhD student at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Oslo Metropolitan University. He completed his Master's degree in Physiotherapy Sciences in 2015 from the University of Bergen. Tarjei is a physiotherapist who has worked in primary care with patients with musculoskeletal pain disorders. Since 2010 he has been a lecturer at the Department of Physiotherapy at Oslo Metropolitan University.
Tarjei's PhD research focus is on the prognosis of workers on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders. He is currently investigating the quality of commonly used prognostic models for long-term sickness absence in a systematic review. Also, he is assessing the external validity of some commonly used models in a sample of Norwegian workers on sick leave due to musculoskeletal disorders.
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CURRENT PROJECTS
MI-NAV PROJECT
Work disability and musculoskeletal pain
Can Motivational Interviewing facilitate Return-to-Work in sick-listed people with musculoskeletal disorders? Read more about the project here.