[Has exercise entered the work environment? A contribution of sports and exercise concepts to prevention in the work environment].

Abstract

Disabilities due to disorders of the locomotor system are now ranking first among the causes of early retirement of workers. That is why both employers and workers are increasingly setting great store by preventing such disabilities. Mobility programmes are being offered to an increasing extent by firms that specialize in developing such health-promoting concepts. Mobility programmes must be adapted to the special nature of the company that uses them, and to the available facilities. Specialist firms offering such programmes should therefore familiarize themselves with the conditions obtaining at a particular company, especially with those areas of work in which the employees are exposed to particularly high stress, so that they can work out suitable programmes. To this end they must cooperate closely with the company's multiplicators.