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.

2010

Fregni F, Imamura M, Chien HF, Lew HL, Boggio P, Kaptchuk TJ, Riberto M, Hsing WT, Battistella LR, Furlan AD. Challenges and recommendations for placebo controls in randomized trials in physical and rehabilitation medicine: a report of the international placebo symposium working group. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2010;89(2):160-172. doi:10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181bc0bbd.
Perruccio AV, Badley EM, Hogg-Johnson S, Davis AM. Characterizing self-rated health during a period of changing health status. Social Science & Medicine. 2010;71(9):1636-1643. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.042.
Thorlund K, Puhan M, Busse JW, Guyatt GH. Commentary. [Comment on 'Methodological problems in the use of indirect comparisons for evaluating healthcare interventions: survey of published systematic reviews' by Song F, Loke YK, Walsh T, Glenny AM, Eastwood AJ, Altman DG. BMJ. 2009 Apr 3;338:b1147]. Cochrane Methods Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2010;43051.
Kramer D, Wells R, Bigelow P, Carlan N, Cole DC, Hepburn CG. Dancing the two-step: Collaborating with intermediary organizations as research partners to help implement workplace health and safety interventions. Work. 2010;36(3):321-332. doi:10.3233/WOR-2010-1033.
Tompa E, Verbeek J, van Tulder MW, de Boer A. Developing guidelines for good practice in the economic evaluation of occupational safety and health interventions. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health. 2010;36(4):313-318.
Bernhard D, MacEachen E, Lippel K. Disability management experts and the impact of jurisdiction on practice: an Ontario example. International Journal of Social Security and Workers Compensation. 2010;2(1):42751.
Mustard C, Kalcevich C, Steenstra I, Smith PM, Amick B. Disability management outcomes in the Ontario long-term care sector. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2010;20(4):481-488. doi:10.1007/s10926-010-9248-2.
Hepburn CG, Kelloway EK, Franche RL. Early employer response to workplace injury: What injured workers perceive as fair and why these perceptions matter. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 2010;15(4):409-420. doi:10.1037/a0021001.
Breslin FC, Kyle N, Bigelow P, Irvin E, Morassaei S, MacEachen E, Mahood Q, Couban R, Shannon HS, Amick B. Effectiveness of health and safety in small enterprises: a systematic review of quantitative evaluations of interventions. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2010;20(2):163-179. doi:10.1007/s10926-009-9212-1.
Tjulin A, MacEachen E, Ekberg K. Exploring workplace actors experiences of the social organization of return-to-work. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2010;20(3):311-321. doi:10.1007/s10926-009-9209-9.
Kosny A, MacEachen E. Gendered, invisible work in non-profit social service organizations: implications for worker health and safety. Gender, Work and Organization. 2010;17(4):359-380. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00460.x.
Eakin J, Champoux D, MacEachen E. Health and safety in small workplaces: refocusing upstream [commentary]. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2010;101(0):S29-S33.
Russo K. How does modified work affect disability outcomes in long-term care?. Journal of the Ontario Occupational Health Nurses Association. 2010;29(3):23-25.
Furlan AD, Imamura M, Dryden T, Pennick V. In response. Spine. 2010;35(7):844-. doi:10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d2a7e2.
Pennick V, Schelkanova I, Furlan AD. Informing your practice with reviews published by the Cochrane Back Review Group: conservative interventions for neck and back pain. Physiotherapy Canada. 2010;62(1):81-85. doi:10.3138/physio.62.1.81.
Irvin E, Van Eerd D, Amick B, Brewer S. Introduction to special section: systematic reviews for prevention and management of musculoskeletal disorders. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2010;20(2):123-126. doi:10.1007/s10926-010-9245-5.
Tolusso D, Cook RJ. Local likelihood for interval-censored recurrent event data. Advances and Applications in Statistical Sciences. 2010;1(2):343-369.
Robson LS, Bigelow P. Measurement properties of occupational health and safety management audits: a systematic literature search and traditional literature synthesis. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2010;101(0):S34-S40.
Katchamart W, Trudeau J, Phumethum V, Bombardier C. Methotrexate monotherapy versus methotrexate combination therapy with non-biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2010;4:CD008495-. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD008495.
Berolo S, Wells R, Amick B. Musculoskeletal symptoms among mobile hand-held device users and their relationship to device use: A preliminary study in a Canadian university population. Applied Ergonomics. 2010;42(2):371-378. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2010.08.010.
van der Velde G, Hogg-Johnson S, Bayoumi AM, Cote P, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Hurwitz EL, Krahn M. Neck pain patients' preference scores for their current health. Quality of Life Research. 2010;19(5):687-700. doi:10.1007/s11136-010-9608-6.
Tullar J, Brewer S, Amick B, Irvin E, Mahood Q, Pompeii L, Wang A, Van Eerd D, Gimeno D, Evanoff B. Occupational safety and health interventions to reduce musculoskeletal symptoms in the health care sector. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 2010;20(2):199-219. doi:10.1007/s10926-010-9231-y.
Furlan AD, Reardon R, Weppler C. Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: a new Canadian practice guideline. Canadian Medical Association journal. 2010;182:923-930. doi:10.1503/cmaj.100187.
Furlan AD, Carnide N. Opioids for workers with an acute episode of low-back pain. Pain. 2010;151(1):42737. doi:10.1016/j.pain.2010.07.033.
Wu JSY, Beaton DE, Smith PM, Hagen NA. Patterns of pain and interference in patients with painful bone metastases: a brief pain inventory validation study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2010;39(2):230-240. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.006.