Abstract Number (leave blank)
Title (Arial 16 pt bold)
Firstname LASTNAME and Firstname LASTNAME (Arial11 pt)
Address (Arial 11 pt italic)
Topic classification: choose at most three of the topics below (Arial 11 pt)
Keywords: keyword 1; keyword 2; keyword 3 (Arial 11 pt)
1. Introduction (Arial 10 pt italic and bold )
(Arial 11 pt) – Abstracts should conform to the themes of the Congress and should be two pages in
length. Abstracts should be written in English. Use paper of A4 size (210mm x 297mm) and format
the text according to this template and the given instructions. Do not right justify the text. Do not
hyphenate words at the end of lines. Do not centre any text. Do not underline. Use line spacing of
1.1. Use margins of 20mm on the top and on the bottom as well as on both sides of the document.
An easy way to adopt the required formatting is to overwrite these instructions.
If possible, structure your abstract according to the aims, methods, results and conclusions.
Figures and tables have to be placed close to the relevant text and labelled according to the
examples provided in this document. All illustrations should be centred and numbered
consecutively (i.e., not section-wise). All illustrations should be provided in black and white or grey
scales. Colour cannot be included in the abstract book. Make sure that there are no linked graphic
objects in your document. The best is to use the “paste special” option to paste the figures as
“pictures”.
Figure 1: (Arial 9 pt bold) Provide a complete description of the facts illustrated in the figure. Description should
be placed below the figure. The first line of the text should be left justified. Indent the following lines
by 15 mm.
Accepted abstracts will be printed and published in the proceedings as well as on the conference
web page (http://www.premus2004.ethz.ch/) without further demand for authorisation. Abstracts
will not be published on CD-ROM. Abstracts will be published as submitted. Therefore, you should
avoid errors and misspellings. At least one of the authors of accepted proposals must be registered
to the conference. Presenting authors can subscribe at reduced fee (same as early registration)
until march 31st.
Table 1: (Arial 9 pt bold) Text in all cells except text in the first column should be centred. Text in the first
column (describing the variables) should be left justified. The description of the content of theTable
should be placed above the table. Do left justify the first line and indent the following by 15mm.
AU
B
DK
FIN
FR
GE
Backache prevalence in %
31
14
30
33
29
34
Muscular pain in arms or legs
14
9
24
29
19
13
% health related absence
due to work over last 12
months
36
26
15
30
21
34
2. Methods (Arial 10 pt italic and bold )
(Arial 11 pt) – Abstracts should only be submitted by e-mail in Microsoft Word format indicating
your User ID and the name of the file incl. extension ( .doc for MS-Word documents) on page 3
of this document. Indicate on the first page and at the top of your abstract the three topic areas
which best fit your abstract from the list provided below.
- Neck
- low back
- lower extremities
- upper extremities
- prevention
- rehabilitation
- mechanism
- stress
- exposure
- costs
- health
- ergonomics
- biomechanics
- physiology
- psychology
- electromyography
- health assessment
3. Results (Arial 10 pt italic and bold )
(Arial 11 pt) – Indicate on the first page, which session type you prefer. Choose either poster or
oral presentation. If uncertain of presentation type choose both oral and poster presentation.
4. Discussion and conclusions (Arial 10 pt italic and bold )
(Arial 11 pt) – If you experience technical problems or if you have questions, please contact us
Peter Schenk
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Institute of Hygiene and Applied Physiology
Clausiusstr. 25
8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Phone +41 (0)1 632 48 09
Fax
+41 (0)1 632 11 73
Email: premus2004@web.ethz.ch
Now your proposal is ready to be submitted in MS-Word format as attachment to
premus-abstract@bbscongress.ch.
PREMUS 2004
Fifth international Scientific Conference on Prevention of Workrelated Musculosceletal
Disorders
Abstract Submission Guidelines
1. Papers should conform to the theme of the Congress
2. Abstracts should be written in English. The 2-page Abstract including this page should be submitted by December
1st, 2003 and should be sent as a MS-Word document by email to premus-abstract@bbscongress.ch.
3. Submitted Abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee.
4. Selected authors will be notified on the 1st of March, 2004
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Authors
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* Presenting author: Name
(if different from main author)
Coauthor 1: Name
Coauthor 2: Name
Coauthor 3: Name
Coauthor 4: Name
Coauthor 5: Name
Required information concerning your proposal
* Title of your abstract
* Name of attached file (incl.
extension)
* Topics (see next page)
* Keywords (max. 3)
* Session Type
1
Oral Presentation: yes / no
Poster Presentation: yes / no
If you experience problems with registration, the abstract can be sent without User-ID. (but please don’t!)