Measuring health + function
At Work articles
- Five easy pieces: Easy-to-use tool helps predict back-pain outcomes (Spring 2011)
- Research findings from CARWH conference now online (Summer 2010)
- IWH disability benchmarking partnership helps workplaces improve outcomes, reduce costs (Spring 2009)
- Benchmarks help firms compare disability management practices (Spring 2007)
Issue Briefings
- Shift work and health (April 2010)
Research highlights
- Work absenteeism and recurrent neck pain (2011)
- Comparing four tools to measure disability at work (2009)
- High nerve injury pain predicts upper extremity disability (2009)
- For many workers, neck pain lasts at least a year (2008)
- For many, whiplash recovery is prolonged (2008)
- Optimism, social support improve neck pain recovery (2008)
- Age may predict recovery from shoulder disorders (2006)
- Whiplash after traffic accidents can lead to depression (2006)
- Work-related injuries reduce caregiving hours at home (2006)
Media releases
- 18 June 2010: New guide outlines effective neck pain treatments
Current projects
- Developing measurement instruments (#925)
- Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand measure studies (#425)
- Examining work injuries among older workers (#2120)
- Immigrants’ work experiences, and links to diabetes and high blood pressure (#1165)
- Measuring disability at work (#117/121)
- Predicting time away from work due to low-back pain (#3115)
- Worker outcomes after attending WSIB specialty clinics (#113)
Journal articles
The trajectory of recovery and the inter-relationships of symptoms, activity and participation in the first year following total hip and knee replacement. Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society. 2011;19(12):1413-21. Abstract
Rasch analysis informed modifications to the Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis for use in work-related upper limb disorders. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2011;64(11):1242-51. Abstract
Employment status is associated with both physical and mental health quality of life in people living with HIV. AIDS Care. 2011;23(4):435-43. Abstract
Validity and responsiveness of presenteeism scales in chronic work-related upper-extremity disorders. Physical Therapy. 2011;91(2):254-66. Abstract
Life-course socioeconomic position and type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Framingham offspring study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2011;173(4):438-47. Abstract
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