Does a change to an occupation with a lower physical workload reduce the risk of disability pension? A cohort study of employed men and women in Sweden

This study investigated if a change to an occupation with lowerphysical workload was associated with a reduced risk of disabilitypension (DP). A change to lower physical workload was associatedwith a reduced risk of DP. Older workers had the largest decreasedrisk for musculoskeletal DP. Generally, a larger reduction in physicalworkload was associated with the greatest reduced risk of DP.