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.

2016

van Genderen S, Plasqui G, Landewe RB, Lacaille D, Arends S, van Gaalen F, van der Heijde D, Heuft L, Luime J, Spoorenberg A, Gignac MA, Boonen A. Social role participation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional comparison with population controls. Arthritis Care and Research. 2016;68(12):1899. doi:10.1002/acr.22907.
van Genderen S, Plasqui G, Lacaille D, Arends S, van Gaalen F, van der Heijde D, Heuft L, Keszei A, Luime J, Spoorenberg A, Landewe RB, Gignac MA, Boonen A. Social Role Participation Questionnaire for patients with ankylosing spondylitis: translation into Dutch, reliability and construct validity. RMD Open. 2016;2(1):e000177-. doi:10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000177.
Tompa E, de Boer H, Macdonald S, Alamgir H, Koehoorn M, Guzman J. Stakeholders' perspectives about and priorities for economic evaluation of health and safety programs in healthcare. Workplace Health & Safety. 2016;64(4):163-174. doi:10.1177/2165079915620201.
Pinsker E, Inrig T, Daniels TR, Warmington K, Beaton DE. Symptom resolution and patient-perceived recovery following ankle arthroplasty and arthrodesis. Foot & Ankle International. 2016;37(12):1269. doi:10.1177/1071100716660820.
MacEachen E, Kosny A, Stahl C, O'Hagan F, Redgrift L, Sanford S, Carrasco C, Tompa E, Mahood Q. Systematic review of qualitative literature on occupational health and safety legislation and regulatory enforcement planning and implementation. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 2016;42(1):42810. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3529.
Leggett S, Zee-Neuen A, Boonen A, Beaton DE, Bojinca M, Bosworth A, Dadoun S, Fautrel B, Hagel S, Hofstetter C, Lacaille D, Linton D, Mihai C, Petersson IF, Rogers P, Sergeant JC, Scire C, Verstappen SM. Test-retest reliability and correlations of 5 global measures addressing at-work productivity loss in patients with rheumatic diseases. Journal of Rheumatology. 2016;43(2):433. doi:10.3899/jrheum.141605.
Steenstra I, Franche RL, Furlan AD, Amick B, Hogg-Johnson S. The added value of collecting information on pain experience when predicting time on benefits for injured workers with back pain. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2016;26(2):117-124. doi:10.1007/s10926-015-9592-3.
Nolet PS, Kristman VL, Cote P, Carroll LJ, Hincapie CA, Cassidy JD. The association between a lifetime history of work-related low back injury and future low back pain: a population-based cohort study. European Spine Journal. 2016;25(4):1242-1250. doi:10.1007/s00586-015-4151-3.
Dorland HF, Abma FI, Roelen CAM, Smink A, Feuerstein M, Amick B, Ranchor AV, Bultmann U. The Cognitive Symptom Checklist-Work in cancer patients is related with work functioning, fatigue and depressive symptoms: a validation study. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 2016;10(3):545-552. doi:10.1007/s11764-015-0500-9.
Randhawa K, Bohay RN, Cote P, van der Velde G, Sutton D, Wong JJ, Yu H, Southerst D, Varatharajan S, Mior S, Stupar M, Shearer HM, Jacobs C, Taylor-Vaisey A. The effectiveness of noninvasive interventions for temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review by the Ontario protocol for traffic injury management (optima) collaboration. Clinical Journal of Pain. 2016;32(3):260-278. doi:10.1097/AJP.0000000000000247.
Piper S, Shearer HM, Cote P, Wong JJ, Yu H, Varatharajan S, Southerst D, Randhawa K, Sutton D, Stupar M, Nordin M, Mior S, van der Velde G, Taylor-Vaisey A. The effectiveness of soft-tissue therapy for the management of musculoskeletal disorders and injuries of the upper and lower extremities: a systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury management (OPTIMa) collaboration. Manual Therapy. 2016;21:18-34. doi:10.1016/j.math.2015.08.011.
Kviatkovsky MJ, Ramiro S, Landewe RB, Dougados M, Tubach F, Bellamy N, Hochberg M, Ravaud P, Martin-Mola E, Awada H, Bombardier C, Felson DT, Hajjaj-Hassouni N, Logeart I, Matucci-Cerinic M, van de Laar M, van der Heijde D. The minimum clinically important improvement and patient-acceptable symptom state in the basdai and basfi for patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Journal of Rheumatology. 2016;43(9):1680-1686. doi:10.3899/jrheum.151244.
Stergiou-Kita M, Pritlove C, Van Eerd D, Holness DL, Kirsh B, Duncan A, Jones J. The provision of workplace accommodations following cancer: survivor, provider, and employer perspectives. Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 2016;10(3):489-504. doi:10.1007/s11764-015-0492-5.
Zhang W, McLeod CB, Koehoorn M. The relationship between chronic conditions and absenteeism and associated costs in Canada. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 2016;42(5):413-422. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3583.
Laberge M, Calvet B, Fredette M, Tabet N, Tondoux A, Bayard D, Breslin FC. Unexpected events: learning opportunities or injury risks for apprentices in low-skilled jobs? A pilot study. Safety Science. 2016;86:42744. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2016.02.005.
Bacigalupe A, Shahidi FV, Muntaner C, Martín U, Borrell C. Why is there so much controversy regarding the population health impact of the great recession? Reflections on three case studies. International Journal of Health Services. 2016;46(1):5-35. doi:10.1177/0020731415611634.
Blanchette MA, Rivard M, Dionne CE, Hogg-Johnson S, Steenstra I. Workers' characteristics associated with the type of healthcare provider first seen for occupational back pain. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2016;17(1):428. doi:10.1186/s12891-016-1298-y.

2015

Furlan AD, Malmivaara A, Chou R, Maher CG, Deyo RA, Schoene M, Bronfort G, van Tulder MW. 2015 updated method guideline for systematic reviews in the Cochrane back and neck group. Spine. 2015;40(21):1660-1673. doi:10.1097/BRS.0000000000001061.
Beaton DE, Terwee CB, Singh JA, Hawker GA, Patrick DL, Burke LB, Toupin-April K, Tugwell P. A call for evidence-based decision making when selecting outcome measurement instruments for summary of findings tables in systematic reviews: results from an OMERACT working group. Journal of Rheumatology. 2015;42(10):1954-1961. doi:10.3899/jrheum.141446.
Berolo S, Steenstra I, Amick B, Wells R. A comparison of two methods to assess the usage of mobile hand-held communication devices. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene. 2015;12(4):276-285. doi:10.1080/15459624.2014.973111.
Sears JM, Bowman SM, Rotert M, Hogg-Johnson S. A new method to classify injury severity by diagnosis: validation using workers' compensation and trauma registry data. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2015;25(4):742-751. doi:10.1007/s10926-015-9582-5.
Stupar M, Cote P, Beaton DE, Boyle E, Cassidy JD. A test-retest reliability study of the whiplash disability questionnaire in patients with acute whiplash-associated disorders. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2015;38(9):629-636. doi:10.1016/j.jmpt.2015.10.003.
Murphy L, Ng KW, Su VC, Woodworth-Giroux S, Levy TS, Sproule BA, Furlan AD. Approach to the pharmacological management of chronic pain in patients with an alcohol use disorder. Journal of Pain Research. 2015;8:851-857. doi:10.2147/JPR.S88900.