Submissions from 2019
Sex differences in glenohumeral muscle activation and coactivation during a box lifting task, Jason Bouffard, Romain Martinez, André Plamondon, Julie Côté, and Mickael Begon
Filtration of nanoparticles applied in general ventilation, Clothilde Brochot, Pooya Abdolghader, Fariborz Haghighat, and Ali Bahloul
Surface contamination with ten antineoplastic drugs in 83 Canadian centers, Laure Chauchat, Cynthia Tanguay, Nicolas J Caron, Sébastien Gagné, France Labrèche, and Jean-François Bussières
Biomechanical analysis of manual material handling movement in healthy weight and obese workers, Philippe Corbeil, André Plamondon, Grant Handrigan, Jasmin Vallée-Marcotte, Simon Laurendeau, Jasmin Ten Have, and Nancy Manzerolle
Fatigue de compassion, fatigue de diversité : l'oeuf ou la poule?, Daniel Côté and Jessica Dubé
Acceptability and feasibility of a shared decision-making model in work rehabilitation: A mixed-methods study of stakeholders' perspectives, Marie-France Coutu, France Légaré, Marie-José Durand, Dawn Stacey, Marie-Elise Labrecque, Marc Corbière, and Lesley Bainbridge
Proposition méthodologique en ergotoxicologie pour révéler les expositions à des produits chimiques, Louis Galey, Nathalie Judon, Caroline Jolly, Fabienne Goutille, Sarah Morelot, Marion Albert, Olivier Lhospital, Patrick Martin, Catherine Noel-Suberville, Pierrick Pasquereau, Agnès Aublet-Cuvelier, Brahim Mohammed-Brahim, and Alain Garrigou
Return-to-work success despite conflicts: An exploration of decision-making during a work rehabilitation program, Marie-Michelle Gouin, Marie-France Coutu, and Marie-José Durand
Halogenated flame retardants and organophosphate esters in the air of electronic waste recycling facilities: Evidence of high concentrations and multiple exposures, Sabrina Gravel, Jérôme Lavoué, Bouchra Bakhiyi, Miriam Diamond, Liisa Jantunen, Jacques Lavoie, Brigitte Roberge, Marc-André Verner, Joseph Zayed, and France Labrèche
A holistic assessment tool to estimate the probability of bypassing safeguards on machinery, Aida Haghighi, Sabrina Jocelyn, and Yuvin Chinniah
Design of a self-audit tool for the application of lockout on machinery in the province of Quebec, Canada to control hazardous energies, Benyamin Karimi, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Yuvin Chinniah, and Barthelemy Aucourt
Hazardous energy control on machinery: Understanding the use of alternative methods to lockout, Benyamin Karimi, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Yuvin Chinniah, and Barthélemy Aucourt
Comparison of lifting and bending demands of the various tasks performed by daycare workers, Adam Labaj, Tara Diesbourg, Geneviève Dumas, André Plamondon, and Hakim Mecheri
The current burden of cancer attributable to occupational exposures in Canada, France Labrèche, Joanne Kim, Chaojie Song, Manisha Pahwa, Calvin B. Ge, Victoria H. Arrandale, Christopher B. McLeod, Cheryl E. Peters, Jérôme Lavoué, Hugh W. Davies, Anne-Marie Nicol, and Paul A. Demers
Maintaining lumbar spine stability: A study of the specific and combined effects of abdominal activation and lumbosacral orthosis on lumbar intrinsic stiffness, Christian Larivière, Jean-Alexandre Boucher, Hakim Mecheri, and Daniel Ludvig
Ultrasound measures of the abdominal wall in patients with low back pain before and after an 8-week lumbar stabilization exercise program, and their association with clinical outcomes, Christian Larivière, Sharon M. Henry, Dany H. Gagnon, Richard Preuss, and Jean-Pierre Dumas
Revisiting the effect of manipulating lumbar stability with load magnitudes and positions: The effect of sex on trunk muscle activation, Christian Larivière, Ali Shahvarpour, Christina Gravel, Myriam Gauvin, Anne-Marie Jean, Ariane Viau, and Hakim Mecheri
Overall risk index for patient transfers in total assistance mode executed by emergency medical technician-paramedics in real work situations, Dominique Larouche, Marie Bellemare, Jérôme Prairie, Sandrine Hegg-Deloye, and Philippe Corbeil
To what extent do paramedics apply safe handling principles when transferring patients from stair chairs to stretchers?, Dominique Larouche, Philippe Corbeil, Marie Bellemare, Marie Authier, Jérôme Prairie, and Sandrine Hegg-Deloye
Expostats: A bayesian toolkit to aid the interpretation of occupational exposure measurements, Jérôme Lavoué, Lawrence Joseph, Peter Knott, Hugh W. Davies, France Labrèche, Frédéric Clerc, Gautier Mater, and Tracy Kirkham
Deciphering programs for optimal self-management of persistent musculoskeletal-related pain and disability: Clinical implications for PTs, Christian Longtin, Marie-France Coutu, and Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme
A transfer matrix model of the IEC 60318-4 ear simulator: Application to the simulation of earplug insertion loss, Yu Luan, Franck Sgard, Simon Benacchio, Hugues Nélisse, and Olivier Doutres
The effect of extensible and non-extensible lumbar belts on trunk muscle activity and lumbar stiffness in subjects with and without low-back pain, Daniel Ludvig, Richard Preuss, and Christian Larivière
Sex differences in upper limb 3D joint contributions during a lifting task, Romain Martinez, Jason Bouffard, Benjamin Michaud, André Plamondon, Julie Côté, and Mickael Begon
A machine-learning method for classifying and analyzing foot placement: Application to manual material handling, Antoine Muller, Jasmin Vallée-Marcotte, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Hakim Mecheri, Christian Larue, Pierre Larue, and André Plamondon
On the use of modified phase transform weighting functions for acoustic imaging with the generalized cross correlation, Thomas Padois, Olivier Doutres, and Franck Sgard
Optimization of a spherical microphone array geometry for localizing acoustic sources using the generalized cross-correlation technique, Thomas Padois, Olivier Doutres, Franck Sgard, and Alain Berry
Identification of noise sources using a time domain beamforming on pneumatic, gas and electric nail guns, Thomas Padois, Marc-André Gaudreau, Pierre Marcotte, and Frédéric Laville
The impact of night shift work on breast cancer: Results from the Burden of Occupational Cancer in Canada Study, Manisha Pahwa, France Labrèche, Joanne Kim, M. Anne Harris, Chaojie Song, Cheryl E. Peters, Victoria H. Arrandale, Hugh Davies, Christopher B. McLeod, and Paul A. Demers
Burden of non-melanoma skin cancer attributable to occupational sun exposure in Canada, Cheryl E. Peters, Joanne Kim, Chaojie Song, Emily Heer, Victoria H Arrandale, M. Pahwa, France Labrèche, Christopher B. McLeod, Hugh W. Davies, C. B. Ge, and P. A. Demers
Insurers’ perspective on barriers and facilitators for return to work after occupational injuries, Marie-Maxime Robichaud, Manon Truchon, Louise St-Arnaud, and Iuliana Nastasia
Laboratory and in situ sound absorption measurement under a synthetized diffuse acoustic field, Olivier Robin, Alain Berry, Celse Kafui Amédin, Noureddine Atalla, Olivier Doutres, and Franck Sgard
The effect of extensible and non-extensible lumbar belts on trunk postural balance in subjects with low back pain and healthy controls, Ali Shahvarpour, Richard Preuss, and Christian Larivière
Analytical and experimental investigation of puncture-cut resistance of soft membranes, Ennouri Triki and Chantal Gauvin
Stress state analysis and tensile-shear fracture criterion in combined puncture and cutting of soft materials, Ennouri Triki and Chantal Gauvin
Bioburden in health care centers: Is the compliance with Portuguese legislation enough to prevent and control infection?, Carla Viegas, Beatriz Almeida, Ana Monteiro, Liliana Aranha Caetano, Elisabete Carolino, Anita Quintal Gomes, Magdalena Twarużek, Robert Kosicki, Geneviève Marchand, and Susana Viegas
Relationship among hand forces imparted on a viscoelastic hand-handle interface, Yumeng Yao, Subhash Rakheja, and Pierre Marcotte
Submissions from 2018
Estimation of the ear canal displacement field due to in-ear device insertion using a registration method on a human-like artificial ear, Simon Benacchio, Olivier Doutres, Arnaud Le Troter, Arthur Varoquaux, Éric Wagnac, Virginie Callot, and Franck Sgard
Do as you say: The effects of psychosocial safety climate on managerial quality in an organizational health intervention, Caroline Biron, Annick Parent-Lamarche, Hans Ivers, and Geneviève Baril-Gingras
Effects of ear canal occlusion on hearing sensitivity: A loudness experiment, Fabien Bonnet, Hugues Nélisse, and Jérémie Voix
Trunk postural adjustments: Medium-term reliability and correlation with changes of clinical outcomes following an 8-week lumbar stabilization exercise program, Jean-Alexandre Boucher, Richard Preuss, Sharon M. Henry, Marilee Nugent, and Christian Larivière
Human viral pathogens are pervasive in wastewater treatment center aerosols, Evelyne Brisebois, Marc Veillette, Vanessa Dion Dupont, Jacques Lavoie, Jacques Corbeil, Alexander Culley, and Caroline Duchaine
Numerical study of the broadband vibro-acoustic response of an earmuff, Kévin Carillo, Franck Sgard, and Olivier Doutres
Activation of human eosinophils with palladium nanoparticles (Pd NPs): Importance of the actin cytoskeleton in Pd NPs-induced cellular adhesion, Pascal Chhay, Maxime Murphy-Marion, Yannick Samson, and Denis Girard
Validation of the impact of architectural flaws in six machine risk estimation tools, Yuvin Chinniah, François Gauthier, Barthélemy Aucourt, and Damien Burlet-Vienney
Employee perceptions about factors influencing their return to work after a sick-leave due to depression, Marc Corbière, Marie-France Coutu, G Bergeron, Esther Samson, Alessia Negrini, Geneviève Sauvé, and Tania Lecomte
Diesel engine exhaust exposure in underground mines: Comparison between different surrogates of particulate exposure, Alan da Silveira Fleck, Caroline Couture, Jean-François Sauvé, Pierre-Eric Njanga, Eve Neesham-Grenon, Guillaume Lachapelle, Hugo Coulombe, Stéphane Hallé, Simon Aubin, Jérôme Lavoué, and Maximilien Debia
Health care workers’ risk perceptions and willingness to report for work during an influenza pandemic, Georges Dionne, Denise Desjardins, Martin Lebeau, Stéphane Messier, and André Dascal
Trunk response and stability in standing under sagittal-symmetric pull-push forces at different orientations, elevations and magnitudes, Zakaria El Ouaaid, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, and André Plamondon
A comparison of lumbar spine and muscle loading between male and female workers during box transfers, Denis Gagnon, André Plamondon, and Christian Larivière
Risk assessment in safety of machinery: Impact of construction flaws in risk estimation parameters, François Gauthier, Yuvin Chinniah, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Barthélemy Aucourt, and Stéphane Larouche
Trunk musculoskeletal response in maximum voluntary exertions: A combined measurement-modeling investigation, Farshid Ghezelbash, Zakaria El Ouaaid, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, André Plamondon, and Navid Arjmand
Effects of motion segment simulation and joint positioning on spinal loads in trunk musculoskeletal models, Farshid Ghezelbash, Amir H. Eskandari, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, Navid Arjmand, Zakaria El Ouaaid, and André Plamondon
Fault tree analysis and risk mitigation strategies for mine hoists, Laurent Giraud and Bertrand Galy
Exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in American and Canadian workers: Biomonitoring data from two national surveys, Sabrina Gravel, Jérôme Lavoué, and France Labrèche
Fingers' vibration transmission and grip strength preservation performance of vibration reducing gloves, Karim Hamouda, Subhash Rakheja, Krishna N. Dewangan, and Pierre Marcotte
Estimation of probability of harm in safety of machinery using an investigation systemic approach and logical analysis of data, Sabrina Jocelyn, Mohamed-Salah Ouali, and Yuvin Chinniah
Qualitative study on the control of hazardous energy on machinery using lockout and alternative methods, Benyamin Karimi, Yuvin Chinniah, Damien Burlet-Vienney, and Barthélemy Aucourt
Burden of lung cancer attributable to occupational diesel engine exhaust exposure in Canada, Joanne Kim, Cheryl E. Peters, Victoria H Arrandale, France Labrèche, Calvin B. Ge, Christopher B. McLeod, Chaojie Song, Jérôme Lavoué, Hugh W. Davies, Anne-Marie Nicol, Manisha Pahwa, and Paul A. Demers
Agreement in occupational exposures between men and women using retrospective assessments by expert coders, Aude Lacourt, France Labrèche, Mark S. Goldberg, Jack Siemiatycki, and Jérôme Lavoué
Predictors of disability and absenteeism in workers with non-specific low back pain: A longitudinal 15-month study, Arnaud Lardon, Jean-Daniel Dubois, Vincent Cantin, Mathieu Piché, and Martin Descarreaux
The effects of an 8-week stabilization exercise program on lumbar multifidus muscle thickness and activation as measured with ultrasound imaging in patients with low back pain: An exploratory study, Christian Larivière, Dany H. Gagnon, Sharon M. Henry, Richard Preuss, and Jean-Pierre Dumas
Detection and reaction thresholds for reverse alarms in noise with and without passive hearing protection, Chantal Laroche, Christian Giguère, Véronique Vaillancourt, Karine Roy, Louis-Philippe Pageot, Hugues Nélisse, Nicolas Ellaham, and Flora Nassrallah
Cost of occupational injuries and diseases in the mining industry in Quebec, Martin Lebeau and Patrice Duguay
Ultrasound-guided tendon fenestration versus open-release surgery for the treatment of chronic lateral epicondylosis of the elbow: Protocol for a prospective, randomised, single blinded study, Eugen Lungu, Philippe Grondin, Patrice Tétreault, François Desmeules, Guy Cloutier, Manon Choinière, and Nathalie J. Bureau
Combining environmental investigation and a dual-analytical strategy to isolate the Legionella longbeachae strain linked to two occupational cases of Legionellosis, Geneviève Marchand, Judith Lord, Carole Pépin, and Nancy Lacombe
Fungal bioaerosols in biomethanization facilities, Hamza Mbareche, Marc Veillette, Marie-Ève Dubuis, Bouchra Bakhiyi, Geneviève Marchand, Joseph Zayed, Jacques Lavoie, Guillaume J. Bilodeau, and Caroline Duchaine
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles induce human eosinophil adhesion onto endothelial EA.hy926 cells via activation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt cell signalling pathway, Maxime Murphy-Marion and Denis Girard
How can supervisors contribute to the successful return to work of employees diagnosed with depression?, Alessia Negrini, Marc Corbière, Tania Lecomte, Marie-France Coutu, Karen Nieuwenhuijsen, Louise St-Arnaud, Marie-José Durand, Andrea Gragnano, and Djamal Berbiche
Étude qualitative sur les facteurs qui contribuent à la décision d’un groupe de travailleurs seniors de se maintenir en emploi dans le secteur de l’éducation au Québec, Alessia Negrini, Jessica Dubé, Julie Hupé, Andrea Gragnano, and Marc Corbière
Swelling behavior of polymeric membranes to metalworking fluids, Phuong Nguyen-Tri, Ludovic Tuduri, Chantal Gauvin, Ennouri Triki, and Toan Vu-Khanh
Wheel chock key design elements and geometrical profile for truck vehicle restraint, Denis Rancourt, Charles Khazoom, Carl Blanchette, Laurent Giraud, Jacques Lemire, and Yves St-Amant
Traditional product representations and new digital tools in the dimensioning activity: A designers’ point of view on difficulties and needs, François Ranger, Steve Vezeau, and Monique Lortie
Characterization of the selective recording of workplace exposure measurements into OSHA’s IMIS databank, Philippe Sarazin, Igor Burstyn, Laurel Kincl, Melissa Friesen, and Jérôme Lavoué
Development of and selected performance characteristics of CANJEM, a general population job-exposure matrix based on past expert assessments of exposure, Jean-François Sauvé, Jack Siemiatycki, France Labrèche, Lesley Richardson, Javier Pintos, Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, Michel Gérin, Denis Bégin, Aude Lacourt, Tracy L. Kirkham, Thomas Rémen, Romain Pasquet, Mark S. Goldberg, Marie-Claude Rousseau, Marie-Élise Parent, and Jérôme Lavoué
Trunk postural balance and low back pain: Reliability and relationship with clinical changes following a lumbar stabilization exercise program, Ali Shahvarpour, Dany H. Gagnon, Richard Preuss, Sharon M. Henry, and Christian Larivière
The effect of wearing a lumbar belt on biomechanical and psychological outcomes related to maximal flexion-extension motion and manual material handling, Ali Shahvarpour, Richard Preuss, Michael J.L. Sullivan, Alessia Negrini, and Christian Larivière
Effect of surface fluorination of P25-TiO2 on adsorption of indoor environment volatile organic compounds, Zahra Shayegan, Fariborz Haghighat, Chang-Seo Lee, Ali Bahloul, and Mélanie Huard
Preferential aerosolization of Actinobacteria during handling of composting organic matter, Marc Veillette, Laetitia Bonifait, Hamza Mbareche, Geneviève Marchand, and Caroline Duchaine
Filters from taxis air conditioning system: A tool to characterize driver's occupational exposure to bioburden?, Carla Viegas, Ana Monteiro, Mateus dos Santos, Tiago Faria, Liliana Aranha Caetano, Elisabete Carolino, Anita Quintal Gomes, Geneviève Marchand, Nancy Lacombe, and Susana Viegas
Assessment of workers’ exposure to microorganisms when using biological degreasing stations, Carol-Anne Villeneuve, Geneviève Marchand, Marie Gardette, Jacques Lavoie, Eve Neesham-Grenon, Denis Bégin, and Maximilien Debia
Validation of an index of sensitivity to movement-evoked pain in patients with whiplash injuries, Alan K. Wan, Pierre Rainville, Shaun O'Leary, Rachel A. Elphinston, and Michele Sterling
Evaluation of effects of anti-vibration gloves on manual dexterity, Yumeng Yao, Subhash Rakheja, Chantal Gauvin, Pierre Marcotte, and Karim Hamouda
Submissions from 2017
Comparison of methods to evaluate the fungal biomass in heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) dust, Marie-Jeanne Biyeyeme Mve Bi, Yves Cloutier, Nancy Lacombe, Jacques Lavoie, Maximilien Debia, and Geneviève Marchand
Workers’ exposure to bioaerosols from three different types of composting facilities, Laetitia Bonifait, Geneviève Marchand, Marc Veillette, Hamza Mbareche, Marie-Ève Dubuis, Carole Pépin, Yves Cloutier, Yves Bernard, and Caroline Duchaine
The effect of two lumbar belt designs on trunk repositioning sense in people with and without low back pain, Jean-Alexandre Boucher, Nicolas Roy, Richard Preuss, and Christian Larivière
Numerical prediction of the broadband sound attenuation of a commercial earmuff: Impact of the cushion modeling, Kevin Carillo, Franck Sgard, and Olivier Doutres
Stratégies de retour au travail d’employés ayant fait l’expérience d’une dépression : perspectives des employeurs et des cadres de ressources humaines, Marc Corbière, Tania Lecomte, Jean-Philippe Lachance, Marie-France Coutu, Alessia Negrini, and Sonia Laberon
Development of the Return-to-Work Obstacles and Self-Efficacy Scale (ROSES) and validation with workers suffering from a common mental disorder or musculoskeletal disorder, Marc Corbière, Alessia Negrini, Marie-José Durand, Louise St-Arnaud, Catherine Briand, Jean-Baptiste Fassier, Patrick Loisel, and Jean-Philippe Lachance
Erratum to: Development of the Return-to-Work Obstacles and Self-Efficacy Scale (ROSES) and validation with workers suffering from a common mental disorder or musculoskeletal disorder, Marc Corbière, Alessia Negrini, Marie-José Durand, Louise St-Arnaud, Catherine Criand, Jean-Baptiste Fassier, Patrick Loisel, and Jean-Philippe Lachance
Improving the health and safety of 911 emergency call centre agents: An evaluability assessment of a knowledge transfer strategy, Christian Dagenais, Laurence Plouffe, Charles Gagné, Georges Toulouse, Andrée-Anne Breault, and Didier Dupont
Diesel engine exhaust exposures in two underground mines, Maximilien Debia, Caroline Couture, Pierre-Eric Njanga, Eve Neesham-Grenon, Guillaume Lachapelle, Hugo Coulombe, Stéphane Hallé, and Simon Aubin
L’accompagnement au poste de travail des assembleurs du secteur aéronautique : réalités et défis, Denys Denis, Maud Gonella, Élise Ledoux, Bénédicte Calvet, and Marie Comeau
Bioaerosols concentrations in working areas in biomethanization facilities, Marie-Ève Dubuis, Hamza Mbareche, Marc Veillette, Bouchra Bakhiyi, Joseph Zayed, Jacques Lavoie, and Caroline Duchaine
Practices of return-to-work coordinators working in large organizations, Marie-José Durand, Iuliana Nastasia, Marie-France Coutu, and Michael Bernier
Evaluation of the in vitro and in vivo proinflammatory activities of gold (+) and gold (-) nanoparticles, Isabelle Durocher, Claudie Noël, Valérie Lavastre, and Denis Girard
A finite element model to improve noise reduction based attenuation measurement of earmuffs in a directional sound field, Marc-André Gaudreau, Franck Sgard, Frédéric Laville, and Hugues Nélisse
Obesity and obesity shape markedly influence spine biomechanics: A subject-specific risk assessment model, Farshid Ghezelbash, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, André Plamondon, Navid Arjmand, and Mohammad Parnianpour
Le retour au travail d’immigrants ayant subi une lésion professionnelle : les embûches de la rencontre interculturelle et la précarité du lien d’emploi, Sylvie Gravel, Jessica Dubé, Daniel Côté, Bob W. White, and Danielle Gratton
Fingers vibration transmission performance of vibration reducing gloves, Karim Hamouda, Subhash Rakheja, Pierre Marcotte, and Krishna N. Dewangan