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.

2007

Guzman J, Jones D, Cassidy JD, Furlan AD, Loisel P, Frank JW. Key factors in back disability prevention: what influences the choice of priorities. Spine. 2007;32(9):E281-E289. doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000261035.62523.37.
Gilkey DP, Keefe TJ, Bigelow P, Herron RE, Duvall K, Hautaluoma JE, Rosecrance JS, Sesek R. Low back pain among residential carpenters: ergonomic evaluation using OWAS and 2D compression estimation. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics. 2007;13(3):305-321.
Griffith LE, Hogg-Johnson S, Cole DC, Krause N, Hayden JA, Burdorf A, Leclerc A, Coggon D, Bongers PM, Walter SD, Shannon HS. Low-back pain definitions in occupational studies were categorized for a meta-analysis using Delphi consensus methods. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2007;60(6):625-633. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.09.005.
Martimo KP, Verbeek J, Karppinen J, Furlan AD, Kuijer PP, Viikari-Juntura E, Takala EP, Jauhiainen M. Manual material handling advice and assistive devices for preventing and treating back pain in workers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2007;CD005958-. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD005958.pub2.
Boyle M, Georgiades K, Racine Y, Mustard C. Neighborhood and family influences on educational attainment: results from the Ontario child health study follow-up 2001. Child Development. 2007;78(1):168-189. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.00991.x.
Breslin FC, Day D, Tompa E, Irvin E, Bhattacharyya S, Clarke J, Wang A. Non-agricultural work injuries among youth: a systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2007;32(2):151-162. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2006.10.007.
Deshpande A, Furlan AD, Mailis-Gagnon A, Atlas S, Turk D. Opioids for chronic low-back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2007;CD004959-. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD004959.pub3.
Beaton DE, Bombardier C, Cole DC, Hogg-Johnson S, Van Eerd D. Pattern recognition approach to the development of a classification system for upper-limb musculoskeletal disorders of workers. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2007;33(2):131-139.
Tompa E, Scott-Marshall H, Dolinschi R, Trevithick S, Bhattacharyya S. Precarious employment experiences and their health consequences: towards a theoretical framework. Work. 2007;28(3):209-224.
Cadarette SM, Dickson L, Gignac MA, Beaton DE, Jaglal SB, Hawker GA. Predictors of locating women six to eight years after contact: internet resources at recruitment may help to improve response rates in longitudinal research. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2007;7:. doi:10.1186/1471-2288-7-22.
Ward SE, Laughren JJ, Escott BG, Elliot-Gibson V, Bogoch ER, Beaton DE. Program with a dedicated coordinator improved chart documentation of osteoporosis after fragility fracture. Osteoporosis International. 2007;18(8):1127-1136. doi:10.1007/s00198-007-0341-0.
Franche RL, Corbiere M, Lee H, Breslin FC, Hepburn CG. Readiness for Return-To-Work (RRTW) scale: development and validation of a self-report staging scale in lost-time claimants with musculoskeletal disorders. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2007;17(3):450-472. doi:10.1007/s10926-007-9097-9.
Chen C, Hogg-Johnson S, Smith PM. Recovery patterns of back pain among workers with compensated occupational back injuries. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2007;64(8):534-540. doi:10.1136/oem.2006.029215.
Lemieux J, Beaton DE, Hogg-Johnson S, Bordeleau LJ, Hunter J, Goodwin PJ. Responsiveness to change [corrected] due to supportive-expressive group therapy, improvement in mood and disease progression in women with metastatic breast cancer. Quality of Life Research. 2007;16(6):1007-1017. doi:10.1007/s11136-007-9208-2.
Culyer AJ, McCabe C, Briggs A, Claxton K, Buxton M, Akehurst R, Sculpher M, Brazier J. Searching for a threshold, not setting one: the role of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 2007;12(1):56-58. doi:10.1258/135581907779497567.
Baldwin ML, Butler RJ, Johnson WG, Cote P. Self-reported severity measures as predictors of return-to-work outcomes in occupational back pain. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2007;17(4):683-700. doi:10.1007/s10926-007-9102-3.
van der Velde G, van Tulder MW, Cote P, Hogg-Johnson S, Aker P, Cassidy JD, Carragee EJ, Carroll LJ, Guzman J, Haldeman S, Holm LW, Hurwitz EL, Nordin M, Peloso P. Sensitivity of review results to methods used to appraise and incorporate trial quality into data synthesis. Spine. 2007;32(7):796-806. doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000258903.67718.d5.
Shrier I, Boivin JF, Steele RJ, Platt RW, Furlan AD, Kakuma R, Brophy J, Rossignol M. Should meta-analyses of interventions include observational studies in addition to randomized controlled trials? A critical examination of underlying principles. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2007;166(10):1203-1209. doi:10.1093/aje/kwm189.
Brown JA, Shannon HS, Mustard C, McDonough P. Social and economic consequences of workplace injury: a population-based study of workers in British Columbia, Canada. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2007;50(9):633-645. doi:10.1002/ajim.20503.
Scott-Marshall H, Tompa E, Trevithick S. Social patterning of underemployment and its health consequences. International Journal of Contemporary Sociology. 2007;44:12966.
van Tulder MW, Malmivaara A, Hayden JA, Koes BW. Statistical significance versus clinical importance: trials on exercise therapy for chronic low back pain as example. Spine. 2007;32(16):1785-1790. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3180b9ef49.
Tompa E, Trevithick S, McLeod CB. Systematic review of the prevention incentives of insurance and regulatory mechanisms for occupational health and safety. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2007;33(2):85-95.
Mustard C, Tompa E, Etches J. The effects of deficits in health status in childhood and adolescence on human capital development in early adulthood. In: Picot WG, Saunders R, Sweetman A, editors. Fulfilling potential, creating success: perspectives on human capital development. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press; 2007.
Lemieux J, Beaton DE, Hogg-Johnson S, Bordeleau LJ, Goodwin PJ. Three methods for minimally important difference: no relationship was found with the net proportion of patients improving. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2007;60(5):448-455. doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.08.006.
Breslin FC, Karmakar SD, Smith PM, Etches J, Mustard C. Time allocation between work and recreation and the associated injury risks among young people. Journal of Safety Research. 2007;38(3):373-379. doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2007.01.009.