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.

2015

Nolet PS, Cote P, Kristman VL, Rezai M, Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD. Is neck pain associated with worse health-related quality of life 6 months later? A population-based cohort study. Spine Journal. 2015;15(4):675-684. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2014.12.009.
Al Dhanhani AM, Gignac MA, Beaton DE, Su J, Fortin PR. Job accommodations availability and utilization among people with lupus: an examination of workplace activity limitations and work context factors. Arthritis Care & Research. 2015;67(11):1536-1544. doi:10.1002/acr.22662.
Furlan AD, Giraldo M, Baskwill A, Irvin E, Imamura M. Massage for low-back pain (review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2015;Art. No.: CD001929-. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001929.pub3.
Roberts MH, Sim MR, Black O, Smith PM. Occupational injury risk among ambulance officers and paramedics compared with other healthcare workers in Victoria, Australia: analysis of workers' compensation claims from 2003 to 2012. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2015;72(7):489-495. doi:10.1136/oemed-2014-102574.
Gignac MA, Cao X, Ramanathan S, White LM, Hurtig M, Kunz M, Marks PH. Perceived personal importance of exercise and fears of re-injury: a longitudinal study of psychological factors related to activity after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2015;7:4-. doi:10.1186/2052-1847-7-4.
Lee L, Heckman G, McKelvie R, Jong P, D'Elia T, Hillier LM. Physicians' perceptions of capacity building for managing chronic disease in seniors using integrated interprofessional care models. Canadian Family Physician. 2015;61(3):e148-e157.
Steenstra I, Busse JW, Tolusso D, Davilmar A, Lee H, Furlan AD, Amick B, Hogg-Johnson S. Predicting Time on Prolonged Benefits for Injured Workers with Acute Back Pain. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2015;25(2):267-278.
Kilgour E, Kosny A, Akkermans A, Collie A. Procedural justice and the use of independent medical evaluations in workers' compensation. Psychological Injury and Law. 2015;8(2):153-168. doi:10.1007/s12207-015-9222-6.
Amick B, Hogg-Johnson S, Latour-Villamil D, Saunders R. Protecting construction worker health and safety in Ontario, Canada: identifying a union safety effect. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 2015;57(12):1337-1342. doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000562.
Salbach NM, O'Brien K, Brooks D, Irvin E, Martino R, Takhar P, Chan S, Howe JA. Reference values for standardized tests of walking speed and distance: A systematic review. Gait & Posture. 2015;41(2):341-360. doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.10.002.
Pinsker E, Inrig T, Daniels TR, Warmington K, Beaton DE. Reliability and validity of 6 measures of pain, function, and disability for ankle arthroplasty and arthrodesis. Foot & Ankle International. 2015;36(6):617-625. doi:10.1177/1071100714566624.
Seing I, MacEachen E, Ekberg K, Stahl C. Return to work or job transition? Employer dilemmas in taking social responsibility for return to work in local workplace practice. Disability and Rehabilitation. 2015;37(19):1760-1769. doi:10.3109/09638288.2014.978509.
Mansfield E, Stergiou-Kita M, Cassidy JD, Bayley M, Mantis S, Kristman VL, Kirsh B, Gomez M, Jeschke M, Vartanian O, Moody J, Colantonio A. Return-to-work challenges following a work-related mild TBI: the injured worker perspective. Brain Injury. 2015;29(11):1362-1369. doi:10.3109/02699052.2015.1053524.
Stupar M, Cote P, Beaton DE, Boyle E, Cassidy JD. Structural and construct validity of the Whiplash Disability Questionnaire in adults with acute whiplash-associated disorders. Spine Journal. 2015;15(11):2369-2377. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2015.07.006.
McGuire C, Kristman VL, Shaw W, Williams-Whitt K, Reguly P, Soklaridis S. Supervisor autonomy and considerate leadership style are associated with supervisors' likelihood to accommodate back injured workers. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2015;25(3):589-598. doi:10.1007/s10926-015-9567-4.
Moore RA, Wiffen PJ, Eccleston C, Derry S, Baron R, Bell RF, Furlan AD, Gilron I, Haroutounian S, Katz N, Lipman AG, Morley S, Peloso P, Quessy SN, Seers K, Strassels SA, Straube S. Systematic review of enriched enrolment, randomised withdrawal trial designs in chronic pain: a new framework for design and reporting. Pain. 2015;156(8):1382-1395. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000088.
Smith PM, Saunders R, Lifshen M, Black O, Lay M, Breslin FC, LaMontagne AD, Tompa E. The development of a conceptual model and self-reported measure of occupational health and safety vulnerability. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 2015;82:234-243. doi:10.1016/j.aap.2015.06.004.
Chambers A, Richmond S, Logan L, Macarthur C, Mustard C. The development of a framework to integrate evidence into a national injury prevention strategy. Journal of Public Health. 2015;37(4):671-677.
Woitzik E, Jacobs C, Wong JJ, Cote P, Shearer HM, Randhawa K, Sutton D, Southerst D, Varatharajan S, Brison R, Yu H, van der Velde G, Stern P, Taylor-Vaisey A, Stupar M, Mior S, Carroll LJ. The effectiveness of exercise on recovery and clinical outcomes of soft tissue injuries of the leg, ankle, and foot: a systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Manual Therapy. 2015;20(5):633-645. doi:10.1016/j.math.2015.03.012.
Bielecky A, Chen C, Ibrahim S, Beaton DE, Mustard C, Smith PM. The impact of co-morbid mental and physical disorders on presenteeism. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health. 2015;41(6):554-564. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3524.
Brouwer S, Amick B, Lee H, Franche RL, Hogg-Johnson S. The predictive validity of the return-to-work self-efficacy scale for return-to-work outcomes in claimants with musculoskeletal disorders. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2015;25(4):725-732. doi:10.1007/s10926-015-9580-7.
Smith PM, Chen C, Mustard C, Hogg-Johnson S, Tompa E. The relationship between worker, occupational and workplace characteristics and whether an injury requires time off work: a matched case-control analysis in Ontario, Canada. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2015;58(4):402-410. doi:10.1002/ajim.22420.
Mustard C, Chambers A, Ibrahim S, Etches J, Smith PM. Time trends in musculoskeletal disorders attributed to work exposures in Ontario using three independent data sources, 2004-2011. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2015;72(4):252-257. doi:10.1136/oemed-2014-102442.
Lal S, Urquhart R, Cornelissen E, Newman K, Van Eerd D, Powell BJ, Chan V. Trainees' self-reported challenges in knowledge translation research and practice. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. 2015;12(6):348-354. doi:10.1111/wvn.12118.
Chambers A, Mustard C, Etches J. Trends in needlestick injury incidence following regulatory change in Ontario, Canada (2004-2012): an observational study. BMC Health Services Research. 2015;15:127-. doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0798-z.