Submissions from 2020
On the modeling of human intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus: Elastic, permanent deformation and failure responses, Farshid Ghezelbash, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, Mostafa Baghani, and Amir Hossein Eskandari
Subject-specific regression equations to estimate lower spinal loads during symmetric and asymmetric static lifting, Farshid Ghezelbash, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, Zakaria El Ouaaid, André Plamondon, and Navid Arjmand
Comparison of different lifting analysis tools in estimating lower spinal loads: Evaluation of NIOSH criterion, Farshid Ghezelbash, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, André Plamondon, and Navid Arjmand
Multi-exposures to suspected endocrine disruptors in electronic waste recycling workers: Associations with thyroid and reproductive hormones, Sabrina Gravel, Jérôme Lavoué, Bouchra Bakhiyi, Jacques Lavoie, Brigitte Roberge, Louis Patry, Maryse F. Bouchard, Marc-André Verner, Joseph Zayed, and France Labrèche
Testing and improving an ISO 14119-inspired tool to prevent bypassing safeguards on industrial machines, Aida Haghighi, Sabrina Jocelyn, and Yuvin Chinniah
Time course and variability of tendinous vibration-induced postural reactions in forward and backward directions, Mohamed Abdelhafid Kadri, Gabrielle Chevalier, Hakim Mecheri, Suzy Ngomo, Martin Lavallière, Rubens A. da Silva, and Louis-David Beaulieu
Effects of shift work on the eating behavior of police officers on patrol, Anastasi Kosmadopoulos, Laura Kervezee, Philippe Boudreau, Fernando Gonzales-Aste, Nina Vujovic, Frank A. J. L. Scheer, and Diane B. Boivin
Proposing a minimal data set of musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging biomarkers to inform clinical practice: An analysis founded on the Achilles tendon, Mathieu Lalumière, Christian Larivière, Marie-Josée Nadeau, Philippe Paquette, Martin Lamontagne, François Desmeules, and Dany H. Gagnon
Structural remodelling of the lumbar multifidus, thoracolumbar fascia and lateral abdominal wall perimuscular connective tissues: A cross-sectional and comparative ultrasound study, Christian Larivière, Richard Preuss, Dany H. Gagnon, Hakim Mecheri, and Sharon M. Henry
Is postural control during unstable sitting a proxy measure for determinants associated with lumbar stability?, Christian Larivière, Richard Preuss, Daniel Ludvig, and Sharon M. Henry
The impact of compensation data maturity on OHS indicators, Martin Lebeau, Patrice Duguay, Alexandre Boucher, and Marc-Antoine Busque
A validated UPLC-MS/MS method for the determination of aliphatic and aromatic isocyanate exposure in human urine, Maggy Lépine, Lekha Sleno, Jacques Lesage, and Sébastien Gagné
Adherence to a home exercise programme following a clinical programme for non-acute non-specific low back pain: An exploratory study, Judith L'Heureux, Marie-France Coutu, Djamal Berbiche, Michael J.L. Sullivan, and Christian Larivière
A logic model for a self-management program designed to help workers with persistent and disabling low back pain stay at work, Christian Longtin, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, and Marie-France Coutu
Comparison of the performance of ITS1 and ITS2 as barcodes in amplicon-based sequencing of bioaerosols, Hamza Mbareche, Marc Veillette, Guillaume Bilodeau, and Caroline Duchaine
Motion-based prediction of hands and feet contact efforts during asymmetric handling tasks, Antoine Muller, Charles Pontonnier, and Georges Dumont
Motion-based prediction of external forces and moments and back loading during manual material handling tasks, Antoine Muller, Charles Pontonnier, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Georges Dumont, and André Plamondon
Can silicone passive samplers be used for measuring exposure of e-waste workers to flame retardants?, Linh Nguyen, Sabrina Gravel, France Labrèche, Bouchra Bakhiyi, Marc-André Verner, Joseph Zayed, Liisa M. Jantunen, Victoria H. Arrandale, and Miriam L. Diamond
Accuracy and kinematics consistency of marker-based scaling approaches on a lower limb model: A comparative study with imagery data, P. Puchaud, C. Sauret, A. Muller, N. Bideau, G. Dumont, H. Pillet, and C. Pontonnier
Whole-body vibration biodynamics: A critical review. I. Experimental biodynamics, Subhash Rakheja, Krishna N. Dewangan, Ren G. Dong, and Pierre Marcotte
Workers age 55 and over working with pain: A descriptive interpretive study, Marie-Christine Richard and Marie-José Durand
Three-month efficacy of three knee braces in the treatment of medial knee osteoarthritis in a randomized crossover trial, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Yoann Dessery, Étienne L. Belzile, Sylvie Turmel, and Philippe Corbeil
Feasibility of quantifying the physical exposure of materials handlers in the workplace with magnetic and inertial measurement units, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Christian Larue, Denys Denis, Alain Delisle, Hakim Mecheri, Philippe Corbeil, and André Plamondon
Validation of a low-cost inertial motion capture system for whole-body motion analysis, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Hakim Mecheri, Antoine Muller, Christian Larue, and André Plamondon
Acoustic characterization of tonal and broadband backup alarms in laboratory and field conditions, Olivier Robin, Tamara Krpic, Hugues Nélisse, and Alain Berry
Sex differences in upper limb musculoskeletal biomechanics during a lifting task, Martinez Romain, Assila Najoua, Goubault Etienne, and Begon Mickaël
Experimental evaluation of three local exhaust ventilation systems designed to reduce ultrafine dust emission during a polishing process, Mohamed Nejib Saidi, Abdelhakim Djebara, Victor Songmene, and Ali Bahloul
Operationalization of the new Pain and Disability Drivers Management (PDDM) model: A modified Delphi survey of multidisciplinary pain management experts, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, Chad E. Cook, Annie Mathieu, Florian Naye, Frédéric Wellens, Timothy Wideman, Marc-Olivier Martel, and Olivier Tri-Trinh Lam
Shoulder muscle activation strategies differ when lifting or lowering a load, Nicolas A. Turpin, Romain Martinez, and Mickael Begon
Activation of human eosinophils with nanoparticles: A new area of research, Marion Vanharen and Denis Girard
Are workers from waste sorting industry really protected by wearing filtering respiratory protective devices? The gap between the myth and reality, Carla Viegas, Marta Dias, Beatriz Almeida, Liliana Aranha Caetano, Elisabete Carolino, Anita Quintal Gomes, Magdalena Twarużek, Robert Kosicki, Jan Grajewski, Geneviève Marchand, and Susana Viegas
Assessing increased activities of the forearm muscles due to anti-vibration gloves: Construct validity of a refined methodology, Yumeng Yao, Subhash Rakheja, Christian Larivière, and Pierre Marcotte
Distributed vibration isolation and manual dexterity of anti-vibration gloves: Is there a correlation?, Yumeng Yao, Subhash Rakheja, and Pierre Marcotte
Solutions to estimate the excess PWP, settlement and volume of draining water after slurry deposition. Part I: Impervious base, Jian Zheng, Li Li, and Yu-Chao Li
Solutions to estimate the excess PWP, settlement and volume of draining water after slurry deposition. Part II: Pervious base, Jian Zheng, Li Li, and Yu-Chao Li
Application of MSD prevention practices by nursing staff working in healthcare settings, Saliha Ziam, Elena Laroche, Sawsen Lakhal, Marie Alderson, and Charles Gagné
Submissions from 2019
Procedure to measure the penetration of one mechanical filter for nanoparticles: Validation by comparison, Pooya Abdolghader, Clothilde Brochot, Fariborz Haghighat, and Ali Bahloul
Computational and experimental analysis of ultrafine particle dispersion during granite polishing, Ali Bahloul, Abdelhakim Djebara, Mohamed Nejib Saidi, Victor Songmene, Fernando Villalpando, and Marcelo Reggio
Use of magnetic resonance image registration to estimate displacement in the human earcanal due to the insertion of in-ear devices, Simon Benacchio, Olivier Doutres, Arthur Varoquaux, Éric Wagnac, Arnaud Le Troter, Virginie Callot, and Franck Sgard
In-ear noise dosimetry under earplug: Method to exclude wearer-induced disturbances, Fabien Bonnet, Hugues Nélisse, Marcos Nogarolli, and Jérémie Voix
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
A framework for application of quantitative property-property relationships (QPPRs) in physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models for high-throughput prediction of internal dose of inhaled organic chemicals, Sandrine F. Chebekoue and Kannan Krishnan
Derivation of internal dose-based thresholds of toxicological concern for occupational inhalation exposure to systemically acting organic chemicals, Sandrine F. Chebekoue and Kannan Krishnan
A qualitative study on factors modulating tinnitus experience, Emilia M. G. Colagrosso, Philippe Fournier, Elizabeth M. Fitzpatrick, and Sylvie Hébert
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
Deep learning for electromyographic hand gesture signal classification using transfer learning, Ulysse Côté-Allard, Cheikh Latyr Fall, Alexandre Drouin, Alexandre Campeau-Lecours, Clément Gosselin, Kyrre Glette, François Laviolette, and Benoit Gosselin
A low-cost, wireless, 3-D-printed custom armband for semg hand gesture recognition, Ulysse Côté-Allard, Gabriel Gagnon-Turcotte, François Laviolette, and Benoit Gosselin
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
Effect of drainage and consolidation on the pore water pressures and total stresses within backfilled stopes and on barricades, El Mustapha Jaouhar and Li Li
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
Disruption of central and peripheral circadian clocks in police officers working at night, Anna Koshy, Marc Cuesta, Philippe Boudreau, Nicolas Cermakian, and Diane B. Boivin
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
A validated liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry method for 4,4′-methylenedianiline quantitation in human urine as a measure of 4,4′-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate exposure, Maggy Lépine, Lekha Sleno, Jacques Lesage, and Sébastien Gagné
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
Vestibular function modulates the benefit of hearing aids in people with hearing loss during static postural control, Maxime Maheu, L. Behtani, M. Nooristani, M.S. Houde, A. Delcenserie, T. Leroux, and F. Champoux
Safety, stress and work zone complexity: A field study on police officers performing on-foot traffic control, Alexandre Marois, Marie-Soleil Cloutier, Nicolas Saunier, Sylvanie Godillon, Daniel Lafond, and François Vachon
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
Fungal aerosols at dairy farms using molecular and culture techniques, Hamza Mbareche, Marc Veillette, Guillaume J. Bilodeau, and Caroline Duchaine
Bioaerosols play a major role in the nasopharyngeal microbiota content in agricultural environment, Hamza Mbareche, Marc Veillette, Jonathan Pilote, Valérie Létourneau, and Caroline Duchaine
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
Robust superhydrophobic cotton fibers prepared by simple dip-coating approach using chemical and plasma-etching pretreatments, Phuong Nguyen-Tri, Funda Altiparmak, Nam Nguyen, Ludovic Tuduri, Claudiane M. Ouellet-Plamondon, and Robert E. Prud'Homme
Butyl rubber-based composite: Thermal degradation and prediction of service lifetime, Phuong Nguyen-Tri, Ennouri Triki, and Tuan Anh Nguyen
Shared social mechanisms underlying the risk of nine cancers: A life course study, Belinda Nicolau, Sreenath Arekunnath Madathil, Genevieve Castonguay, Marie-Claude Rousseau, Marie-Elise Parent, and Jack Siemiatycki
Impact of low dose chlorine inhalation in healthy humans: A pilot study, I. Ojanguren, S. Chaboillez, Y. Cloutier, A. Panariti, T.K. McGovern, J.G. Martin, and Catherine Lemiere
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
Association between depression, lung function, and inflammatory markers in patients with asthma and occupational asthma, Nicola J. Paine, Maryann F. Joseph, Simon L. Bacon, Cassandre A. Julien, André Cartier, Blaine Ditto, Hélène Favreau, and Kim L. Lavoie
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
Quantification of airborne dust, endotoxins, human pathogens and antibiotic and metal resistance genes in Eastern Canadian swine confinement buildings, Jonathan Pilote, Valérie Létourneau, Matthieu Girard, and Caroline Duchaine
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
Study of surface quality and dust particles emission and dispersion during dry polishing of granite, M.N. Saidi, V. Songmene, J. Kouam, and A. Bahloul
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
Evaluating the novel added value of neurophysiological pain sensitivity within the fear-avoidance model of pain, Zakir Uddin, Arthur Woznowski-Vu, Daniel Flegg, Andrea Aternali, Rebekah Wickens, and Timothy H. Wideman
Biological activities of interleukin (IL)-21 in human monocytes and macrophages, Francis Vallières, Isabelle Durocher, and Denis Girard
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
Modeling airborne nanoparticle filtration through a complete structure of non-woven material used in protective apparel, Ludwig Vinches, Ludovic Tuduri, and Stéphane Hallé
Filtering performances of 20 protective fabrics against solid aerosols, Loïc Wingert, Yves Cloutier, Stéphane Hallé, Ali Bahloul, Dominic Tessier, Jean-Luc Giraudel, Patricia Dolez, and Ludovic Tuduri
Relationship among hand forces imparted on a viscoelastic hand-handle interface, Yumeng Yao, Subhash Rakheja, and Pierre Marcotte