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.

2000

McIntosh G, Frank JW, Hogg-Johnson S, Hall H, Bombardier C. Low back pain prognosis: Structured review of the literature. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2000;10(2):101-115.
Amick B, Habeck RV, Hunt A, Fossel AH, Chapin A, Keller RB, Katz JN. Measuring the impact of organizational behaviors on work disability prevention and management. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2000;10(1):21-38.
Campolieti M, Lavis JN. The silent payer speaks: workers' compensation boards and Canadian physicians. Canadian Medical Association journal. 2000;162(8):1152-1153.
Kraut A, Mustard C, Walld R, Tate R. Unemployment and health care utilization. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2000;26(2):169-177.
Maetzel A, Hogg-Johnson S, Woodbury M, Bombardier C. Use of grade membership analysis to profile the practice styles of individual physicians in the management of acute low back pain. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2000;53(2):195-205. doi:10.1016/s0895-4356(99)00120-1.

1999

Hemingway H, Shipley M, Stansfeld SA, Shannon HS, Frank JW, Brunner E, Marmot M. Are risk factors for atherothrombotic disease associated with back pain sickness absence? The Whitehall II study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 1999;53:197-203.
Guzman J, Peloso P, Bombardier C. Capturing health care utilization after occupational low-back pain: development of an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 1999;52(5):419-427.
Marx RG, Bombardier C, Hogg-Johnson S, Wright JG. Clinimetric and psychometric strategies for development of a health measurement scale. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 1999;52(2):105-111.
Marx RG, Bombardier C, Hogg-Johnson S, Wright JG. How should importance and severity ratings be combined for item reduction in the development of health status instruments. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 1999;52(3):193-197.
Davis AM, Beaton DE, Hudak PL, Amadio PC, Bombardier C, Cole DC, Hawker GA, Katz JN, Makela M, Marx RG, Punnett L, Wright JG. Measuring disability of the upper extremity: a rationale supporting the use of a regional outcome measure. Journal of Hand Therapy. 1999;12(4):269-274.
Shannon HS, Robson LS, Guastello SJ. Methodological criteria for evaluating occupational safety intervention research. Safety Science. 1999;31(2):161-179.
Marx RG, Bombardier C, Wright JG. What do we know about the reliability and validity of physical examination tests used to examine the upper extremity. Journal of Hand Surgery - American Volume. 1999;24(1):185-193.

1998

Polanyi M, Eakin J, Frank JW, Shannon HS, Sullivan TJ. Creating healthier work environments: a critical review of the health impacts of workspace organizational change interventions. In: Sullivan TJ, Frank JW, editors. Canada health action: building on the Legacy - national forum on health/editions multimondes Vol.3.
Hudak PL, Cole DC, Frank JW. Perspectives on prognosis of soft tissue musculoskeletal disorders. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research. 1998;21(1):29-40.
Frank JW, Sinclair S, Hogg-Johnson S, Shannon HS, Bombardier C, Beaton DE, Cole DC. Preventing disability from work-related low-back pain. New evidence gives new hope--if we can just get all the players onside. Canadian Medical Association journal. 1998;158(12):1625-1631.
Marx RG, Hudak PL, Bombardier C, Graham B, Goldsmith C, Wright JG. Reliability of physical examination for carpal tunnel syndrome. Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland). 1998;23(4):499-502.
Lavis JN, Malter A, Anderson GM, Taylor VM, Deyo RA, Bombardier C, Axcell T, Kreuter W. Trends in hospital use for mechanical neck and back problems in Ontario and the United States: discretionary care in different health care systems. Canadian Medical Association journal. 1998;158(1):29-36.

1997

Brooker AS, Frank JW, Tarasuk V. Back pain claim rates and the business cycle. Social Science & Medicine. 1997;45(3):429-439.
Sinclair S, Hogg-Johnson S, Mondloch MV, Shields SA. Effectiveness of an early active intervention program for workers with soft-tissue injuries. The Early Claimant Cohort Study. Spine. 1997;22(24):2919-2931.