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Agreement between a self-administered questionnaire on musculoskeletal disorders of the neck-shoulder region and a physical examinationNathalie Perreault
Quebec Rehabilitation Institute, 525 Hamel Est, Quebec City, Canada
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 9:34. 2008..The agreement between self-administered questionnaires and the physical examination on the presence of neck-shoulders disorders was assessed in the present study...- Socioeconomic differences in severe back morbidityL Punnett
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Occup Environ Med 63:369-70. 2006 - Ergonomic stressors and upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders in automobile manufacturing: a one year follow up studyL Punnett
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Occup Environ Med 61:668-74. 2004..To estimate the one year cumulative incidence and persistence of upper extremity (UE) soft tissue disorders, in a fixed cohort of automotive manufacturing workers, and to quantify their associations with ergonomic exposures... - A conceptual framework for integrating workplace health promotion and occupational ergonomics programsLaura Punnett
Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England Workplace, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Public Health Rep 124:16-25. 2009..Each study features participatory structures to facilitate employee input into health goal-setting, program design and development, and evaluation, with the goal of enhanced effectiveness and longer-term sustainability... 
Shoulder disorders and postural stress in automobile assembly workL Punnett
Center for Ergonomics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Scand J Work Environ Health 26:283-91. 2000..A case-referent study was conducted in an automobile assembly plant to evaluate the risk of shoulder disorders associated with nonneutral postures...- Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: the epidemiologic evidence and the debateLaura Punnett
University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
J Electromyogr Kinesiol 14:13-23. 2004..The NRC/IOM report concluded, and other reviewers internationally have concurred, that the etiologic importance of occupational ergonomic stressors for the occurrence of MSDs of the low back and upper extremities has been demonstrated... 
Physical ergonomic hazards in highway tunnel construction: overview from the Construction Occupational Health ProgramSangWoo Tak
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Appl Ergon 42:665-71. 2011..Numerous opportunities exist for the development and implementation of ergonomic interventions to protect the health and safety of construction workers...- Ergonomic and socioeconomic risk factors for hospital workers' compensation injury claimsJon Boyer
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
Am J Ind Med 52:551-62. 2009..The risk of MSD leading to workers' compensation (WC) claims is likely to show a gradient by socioeconomic status (SES) that may be partly explained by working conditions... - Job strain predicts survey response in healthcare industry workersManuel Cifuentes
Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
Am J Ind Med 51:281-9. 2008..To examine the effect of job strain on survey response... - Medium- and long-term reproducibility of self-reported exposure to physical ergonomics factors at workAngelo d'Errico
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
Appl Ergon 38:167-75. 2007..We also examined whether reproducibility was influenced by the presence of UE MSD or by technological changes introduced between the last two surveys... - Subjective ratings of upper extremity exposures: inter-method agreement with direct measurement of exposuresBryan Buchholz
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Ergonomics 51:1064-77. 2008..The objective of this study was to examine the agreement of selected questionnaire items with corresponding direct measurements from bioinstrumentation and to provide a better understanding of worker self-reports... - Inter-method agreement between O*NET and survey measures of psychosocial exposure among healthcare industry employeesManuel Cifuentes
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Work Environment, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
Am J Ind Med 50:545-53. 2007..Imputed job characteristics had been used as proxy of exposure to working conditions. O*NET database provides job information that could be useful to evaluate psychosocial working conditions... - JCQ scale reliability and responsiveness to changes in manufacturing processAngelo d'Errico
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Ind Med 51:138-47. 2008.... - Work routinization and implications for ergonomic exposure assessmentJudith E Gold
Department of Work Environment, 1 University Ave, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Ergonomics 49:12-27. 2006..A work sampling approach to job analysis is recommended as the most efficient way to obtain a comparable unbiased exposure estimate across all routinization levels... - Violence at the workplace increases the risk of musculoskeletal pain among nursing home workersHelena Miranda
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Occup Environ Med 68:52-7. 2011..Despite the high prevalences of workplace physical violence and musculoskeletal symptoms among health care workers, very few studies have examined the relationship between these two phenomena... - Variability in risk factors for knee injury in constructionSangWoo Tak
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 6:113-20. 2009..Homogenous exposure groups are not easily defined from the readily available organizational features of construction work... - Perceptions of working and living conditions among industrial male and female workers in PerúMaria J Brunette
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA maria
Work 38:211-23. 2011..To further investigate Peruvian blue collar workers' perceptions of their conditions of work and find out relationships between these conditions and overall worker well being... - Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in union ironworkersMartin S Forde
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
J Occup Environ Hyg 2:203-12. 2005..7, 95% CI 1.12.6), and for the upper extremity in concrete reinforcement ironwork (OR 1.9, 95% CI 1.22.9). These findings suggest that some musculoskeletal morbidity in construction ironworkers may be work related and thus preventable... - Occupation-differential construct validity of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) psychological job demands scale with physical job demands items: a mixed methods researchBongKyoo Choi
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1 University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Ergonomics 55:425-39. 2012..This study indicates that the wordings of the 'work fast' and 'work hard' items of the scale need to be reworded enough to differentiate mental and physical job demands as intended, 'psychological.'.. - Work-related musculoskeletal disorders: is the burden equitably distributed?Laura Punnett
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachussettis Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
Med Lav 97:182-3. 2006 - Work environment risk factors for injuries in wood processingChristina A Holcroft
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, Massachusetts, 01854, USA
J Safety Res 40:247-55. 2009..The reported injury rate for wood product manufacturing in Maine, 1987-2004, was almost twice the state-wide average for all jobs... - The association of major depressive episodes with income inequality and the human development indexManuel Cifuentes
Work Environment Department, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Kitson Hall 200, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
Soc Sci Med 67:529-39. 2008..39), one would expect to see an increase in the prevalence of MDE from 4.0% to 6.2%. These findings raise important questions about the role of income inequality on social forces that can lead to depression... - Estimating the global burden of low back pain attributable to combined occupational exposuresLaura Punnett
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
Am J Ind Med 48:459-69. 2005..There is little information about the global burden of non-traumatic low back pain (LBP) attributable to the effects of physical and psychosocial occupational stressors... - A cross-national study on the multidimensional characteristics of the five-item psychological demands scale of the Job Content QuestionnaireBongKyoo Choi
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
Int J Behav Med 15:120-32. 2008..The five-item psychological demands scale of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) has been assumed to be one-dimensional in practice... - Pathomechanisms of work-related musculoskeletal disorders: conceptual issuesMartin S Forde
University of Massachusetts Lowell, 1 University Avenue, Lowell 01854, USA
Ergonomics 45:619-30. 2002..Suggestions are made as to how future research could evaluate whether these phenomena are relevant to the effects of physical exposures and the underlying disease processes of common WRMSDs... - Digital vibration threshold testing and ergonomic stressors in automobile manufacturing workers: a cross-sectional assessmentJ E Gold
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Ergonomics 48:66-77. 2005..The association with self-reported whole body vibration exposure suggests a possible sympathetic nervous system effect, which remains to be explored... - A comparison of approaches to modeling the relationship between ergonomic exposures and upper extremity disordersL Punnett
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Am J Ind Med 37:645-55. 2000..Here we explore the sensitivity of the exposure-response relationship to the formulation of that index... - Differences among nursing homes in outcomes of a safe resident handling programAlicia Kurowski
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA
J Healthc Risk Manag 32:35-51. 2012..These findings suggest greater SRHP benefits where there was lower NA turnover and agency staffing; less time pressure; and better teamwork, staff communication, and supervisory support... - Making sense of highway construction: a taxonomic framework for ergonomic exposure assessment and intervention researchSusan Moir
College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA
Appl Occup Environ Hyg 18:256-67. 2003..Although developed for construction ergonomics, the taxonomic approach has application to non-routine work in other industry sectors and possibly in occupational health research other than ergonomics... - Recall of prior musculoskeletal painHelena Miranda
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA, USA
Scand J Work Environ Health 32:294-9. 2006..The authors investigated how well people in a workplace recalled their prior musculoskeletal pain and which factors influenced recall accuracy... - Gendered work conditions, health, and work outcomesMeg A Bond
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
J Occup Health Psychol 9:28-45. 2004..Organizational factors associated with psychological distress differed between female- and male-dominated jobs... - Work organization and health issues in long-term care centersYuan Zhang
Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
J Gerontol Nurs 37:32-40. 2011..Improved systems of communication that allow frontline workers to express their concerns would make it possible to create solutions to these problems... - Physical work and chronic shoulder disorder. Results of a prospective population-based studyH Miranda
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA
Ann Rheum Dis 67:218-23. 2008..A study of whether occupational physical load predicted subsequent chronic shoulder disorders... - Upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders in hospital workersL Punnett
Department of Work Environment, University of Lowell, MA 01854
J Hand Surg Am 12:858-62. 1987..In addition to repetitive motion, these factors included forceful manual exertions and awkward postures required by work station design and layout... - Ergonomic exposures in apple harvesting: preliminary observationsScott Fulmer
Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts 01854, USA
Am J Ind Med . 2002..A descriptive study of ergonomic risks for strains of the shoulder and lower back among apple harvesters was carried out to identify opportunities for intervention... - Estimation of compressive forces on lumbar spine from categorical posture dataS Tak
University of Massachusetts Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
Ergonomics 50:2082-94. 2007.... - Pressure pain thresholds and musculoskeletal morbidity in automobile manufacturing workersJudith E Gold
Department of Public Health, Temple University, 3rd Floor, Vivacqua Hall, 1700 N Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 79:128-34. 2006.... - Reliable exposure assessment strategies for physical ergonomics stressors in construction and other non-routinized workVictor Paquet
Department of Industrial Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 342 Bell Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 2060, USA
Ergonomics 48:1200-19. 2005.... - The global burden of selected occupational diseases and injury risks: Methodology and summaryDeborah Imel Nelson
Protection of the Human Environment, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Am J Ind Med 48:400-18. 2005..To better advise policy makers, we assessed the global burden of disease and injury due to selected occupational hazards. This article presents an overview, and describes the methodology employed in the companion studies... - The social distribution of risk at work: acute injuries and physical assaults among healthcare workers working in a long-term care facilityDouglas J Myers
Duke University, Community and Family Medicine, 2200 W Main Street, Suite 700, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Soc Sci Med 64:794-806. 2007..New hypotheses are proposed to explore how social norms and expectations affect the way workers interact with each other and shape the distribution of risk among workgroup members... - The contribution of occupational risks to the global burden of disease: summary and next stepsMarilyn Fingerhut
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Room 715H, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201, USA
Med Lav 97:313-21. 2006..This article summarizes findings of the WHO CRA project, presents the estimates of the International Labor Organization (ILO) for total deaths due to workplace risks, and calls for action... - Be the fairest of them all: challenges and recommendations for the treatment of gender in occupational health researchKaren Messing
Department of Biological Sciences, CINBIOSE, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Am J Ind Med 43:618-29. 2003..More serious consideration of gender-related factors will help identify risk factors for both women and men... - The relationship of unions to prevalence and claim filing for work-related upper-extremity musculoskeletal disordersTim Morse
Ergonomic Technology Center, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030 6210, USA
Am J Ind Med 44:83-93. 2003..Unionization has been found to be related to higher filing of workers' compensation (WC) claims, but the extent of the relationship and the relationships to other variables have not been previously reported... - Work-related carpal tunnel syndrome (WR-CTS) in Massachusetts, 1992-1997: source of WR-CTS, outcomes, and employer intervention practicesHelen Wellman
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Ind Med 45:139-52. 2004.... - The effects of continuous hot weather training on risk of exertional heat illnessRobert F Wallace
Biophysics and Biomedical Modeling Division, U S Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, 42 Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760 5007, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 37:84-90. 2005.... - Prior heat illness hospitalization and risk of early deathRobert F Wallace
Military Performance Division, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, 42 Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760 5007, USA
Environ Res 104:290-5. 2007..23, 95% CI: 1.02, 4.90) compared to APX reference cases. Our findings provide preliminary evidence for increased risk of mortality among those who have experienced prior hospitalization for heat illness... - Injuries and assaults in a long-term psychiatric care facility: an epidemiologic studyDouglas Myers
University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA
AAOHN J 53:489-98. 2005..Work organization factors should be taken into consideration when developing interventions... - Risk factors for recruit exertional heat illness by gender and training periodRobert F Wallace
Biophysics and Biomedical Modeling Division, U S Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, 42 Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760 5007, USA
Aviat Space Environ Med 77:415-21. 2006..A matched case control study investigated the effects of fitness and conditioning on EHI risk among Marine Corps recruits during 12 wk of basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC...
Research Grants
- MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER IN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURINGLaura Punnett; Fiscal Year: 1999....
- MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDER IN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURINGLaura Punnett; Fiscal Year: 2002..abstract_text> ..
- Center for the Promotion of Health in the New England WorkplaceLaura Punnett; Fiscal Year: 2007..CPE-NEW will greatly advance public health by integrating two core public health areas (OHS and HPE), thus linking primary prevention to the workplace, and the workplace to primary prevention. ..
- International Scientific Conference on Prevention of Work Related MusculoskeletalLaura Punnett; Fiscal Year: 2007....