Journal articles

This database lists peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters that include an Institute for Work & Health (IWH) scientist or researcher (past or present) as an author. Clicking any title will allow you to view a detailed citation and, if available, an abstract. For journal articles by IWH and non-IWH researchers in the areas of occupational health and safety, return to work, workers' compensation, public health and others within the IWH mandate, see our Research Alerts.

2005

Hayden JA, van Tulder MW, Tomlinson G. Systematic review: strategies for using exercise therapy to improve outcomes in chronic low back pain. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2005;142(9):776-785.
Gnam W. The prediction of occupational disability related to depressive and anxiety disorders. In: Schultz IZ, Gatchel RJ, editors. Handbook of complex occupational disability claims: early risk identification, intervention, and prevention. New York: Springer; 2005.
Loisel P, Cote P, Durand MJ, Franche RL, Sullivan MJ, Baril R, Gagnon D, Lacroix A, Lariviere C, Marchand S, Bombardier C, Cole DC, Guzman J, Hogg-Johnson S, Arsenault B, Dutil E, Berthelette D, Lippel K, Vezina N, Brun JP, Dionne CE, Moffet H, Cooper J, Imbeau D, Wells R, Yassi A. Training the next generation of researchers in work disability prevention: the Canadian Work Disability Prevention CIHR Strategic Training Program. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2005;15(3):273-284. doi:10.1007/s10926-005-5936-8.
Polanyi M, McIntosh T, Kosny A. Understanding and improving the health of workers in the new economy: A call for a participatory dialogue-based approach to work-health research. Critical Public Health. 2005;15(2):103-119. doi:10.1080/09581590500144694.
Smith PM, Frank JW. When aspirations and achievements don't meet. A longitudinal examination of the differential effect of education and occupational attainment on declines in self-rated health among Canadian labour force participants. International Journal of Epidemiology. 2005;34(4):827-834. doi:10.1093/ije/dyi047.
Kosny A. Women working in small workplaces. Research Bulletin: Envisioning Healthy Living for Women. 2005;4(2):6-10.
Cullen KL, Williams R, Shannon HS, Westmorland M, Amick B. Workplace organizational policies and practices in Ontario educational facilities. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2005;15(3):417-433.
Franche RL, Cullen KL, Clarke J, Irvin E, Sinclair S, Frank JW. Workplace-based return-to-work interventions: a systematic review of the quantitative literature. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2005;15(4):607-631. doi:10.1007/s10926-005-8038-8.
Franche RL, Baril R, Shaw W, Nicholas M, Loisel P. Workplace-based return-to-work interventions: optimizing the role of stakeholders in implementation and research. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2005;15(4):525-542. doi:10.1007/s10926-005-8032-1.

2004

Cote P, Cassidy JD, Carroll LJ, Kristman VL. Annual incidence and course of neck pain in the general population: a population-based cohort study. Pain. 2004;112(3):267-273.
Zangger P, Kachura JR, Bombardier C, Redelmeier DA, Badley EM, Bogoch ER. Assessing damage in individual joints in rheumatoid arthritis: a new method based on the Larsen system. Joint Bone Spine. 2004;71(5):389-396. doi:10.1016/j.jbspin.2003.07.009.
van Tulder MW, Furlan AD, Gagnier J. CAM therapies for non-specific low back pain. Ballieres Clinical Rheumatology. 2004;.
Zohar D, Luria G. Climate as a social-cognitive construction of supervisory safety practices: scripts as proxy of behavior patterns. Journal of Applied Psychology. 2004;89(2):322-333. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.89.2.322.
Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Cote P. Depression as a risk factor for onset of an episode of troublesome neck and low back pain. Pain. 2004;107(2):134-139.
Pransky G, Shaw W, Franche RL, Clarke A. Disability prevention and communication among workers, physicians, employers, and insurers--current models and opportunities for improvement. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2004;26(11):625-634. doi:10.1080/09638280410001672517.
Kramer D, Cole DC, Leithwood K. Doing knowledge transfer: engaging management and labour with research on employee health and safety. Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society. 2004;24(4):316-330.
Pennick V. Evidence-based nursing practice. CANNT Journal. 2004;14(3):46-47.
Smith PM, Mustard C. Examining the associations between physical work demands and work injury rates between men and women in Ontario, 1990-2000. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2004;61(9):750-756. doi:10.1136/oem.2003.009860.
Harniman E, Carette S, Kennedy CA, Beaton DE. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for calcific and noncalcific tendonitis of the rotator cuff: a systematic review. Journal of Hand Therapy. 2004;17(2):132-151. doi:10.1197/j.jht.2004.02.003.
Strong S, Baptiste S, Cole DC, Clarke J, Costa M, Shannon HS, Reardon R, Sinclair S. Functional assessment of injured workers: a profile of assessor practices. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2004;71(1):13-23.
James RC, Mustard C. Geographic location of commercial plasma donation clinics in the United States, 1980-1995. American Journal of Public Health. 2004;94(7):1224-1229. doi:10.2105/ajph.94.7.1224.
Shain M, Kramer D. Health promotion in the workplace: framing the concept; reviewing the evidence. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2004;61(7):643-8, 585. doi:10.1136/oem.2004.013193.
Shannon HS, Vidmar M. How low can they go? Potential for reduction in work injury rates. Injury Prevention. 2004;10(5):292-295. doi:10.1136/ip.2004.005280.
Cole DC, Rivilis I. Individual factors and musculoskeletal disorders: a framework for their consideration. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 2004;14(1):121-127. doi:10.1016/j.jelekin.2003.09.021.
Polanyi M, Tompa E, Foley J. Labour market flexibility and worker insecurity. In: Raphael D, editors. Social determinants of health: Canadian perspectives. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press; 2004.