Submissions from 2024
Association between exposure to airborne trichloramine and health effects in indoor swimming pool workers, Elham Ahmadpour and Maximilien Debia
Hearing aid amplification improves postural control for older adults with hearing loss when other sensory cues are impoverished, L. Behtani, D. Paromov, K. Moïn-Darbari, M.S. Houde, B.A. Bacon, M. Maheu, T. Leroux, and F. Champoux
Passion and performance anxiety: How it affects the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders in dancers, Justine Benoit-Piau, Nathaly Gaudreault, Robert Vallerand, Sylvie Fortin, Christine Guptill, and Mélanie Morin
Interindividual variability in coherence between self-reported alertness and performance in shift workers, Diane B. Boivin and Philippe Boudreau
Design and validation of a wind tunnel for viral aerosol filtration testing, Vincent Brochu, Gabriel St-Onge, Nathalie Turgeon, Marc Veillette, Mathieu Olivier, and Caroline Duchaine
An impedance tube technique for estimating the insertion loss of earplugs, K. Carillo, O. Doutres, and F. Sgard
Determinants of SARS-CoV-2 IgG response and decay in Canadian healthcare workers: A prospective cohort study, Nicola Cherry, Anil Adisesh, Igor Burstyn, Carmen Charlton, Yan Chen, Quentin Durand-Moreau, France Labrèche, Shannon Ruzycki, LeeAnn Turnbull, Tanis Zadunayski, and Yutaka Yasui
Work characteristics, workplace support, and mental ill-health in a Canadian cohort of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Nicola Cherry, Anil Adisesh, Igor Burstyn, Quentin Durand-Moreau, Jean-Michel Galarneau, France Labrèche, Shannon Ruzycki, and Tanis Zadunayski
Validation of the return-to-work obstacles and selfe-efficacy scale for women on sick leave due to breast cancer (ROSES-BC), Marc Corbière, Daniel Rabouin, Alessia Negrini, Maud Mazaniello-Chézol, Lucas Sideris, Catherine Prady, and Jean-Philippe Lachance
Comparative evaluation of different spinal stability metrics, Amir Hossein Eskandari, Farshid Ghezelbash, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, and Christian Larivière
Outdoor worker knowledge of ticks and Lyme disease in Québec, Erica Fellin, Mathieu Varin, and Virginie Millien
Excess risk of COVID-19 infection and mental distress in healthcare workers during successive pandemic waves: Analysis of matched cohorts of healthcare workers and community referents in Alberta, Canada, Jean-Michel Galarneau, France Labrèche, Quentin Durand-Moreau, Shannon Ruzycki, Anil Adisesh, Igor Burstyn, Tanis Zadunayski, and Nicola Cherry
Machine learning applications in spine biomechanics, Farshid Ghezelbash, Amir Hossein Eskandari, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Shufan Cao, Mehran Pesteie, Zhuohua Qiao, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, and Christian Larivière
Impact of the ear canal motion on the impedance boundary conditions in models of the occlusion effect, Simon Kersten, Franck Sgard, and Michael Vorländer
Circadian adaptation of melatonin and cortisol in police officers working rotating shifts, Anastasi Kosmadopoulos, Philippe Boudreau, Laura Kervezee, and Diane B. Boivin
Biodegradable polyhydroxybutyrate microfiber membranes decorated with photoactive Ag-TiO2 nanoparticles for enhanced antibacterial and anti-biofouling activities, Safa Ladhari, Nhu-Nang Vu, Cédrik Boisvert, Marcos Antonio Polinarski, Camille Venne, Alireza Saidi, Simon Barnabe, and Phuong Nguyen-Tri
Effect of personalized spinal profile on its biomechanical response in an EMG-assisted optimization musculoskeletal model of the trunk, C. Larivière, A.H. Eskandari, H. Mecheri, F. Ghezelbash, D. Gagnon, and A. Shirazi-Adl
Disability reduction following a lumbar stabilization exercise program for low back pain: Large vs. small improvement subgroup analyses of physical and psychological variables, Christian Larivière, Richard Preuss, Marie-France Coutu, Michael J. Sullivan, Nicolas Roy, and Sharon M. Henry
The cost of protecting resources: a cross-sectional study on the interaction between LMX and role ambiguity on work addiction and burnout among Canadian first-level healthcare managers, Francis Maisonneuve, Patrick Groulx, Anaïs Galy, Denis Chênevert, and Michel Cossette
Modeling the impact of heat stress on the toxicokinetics of toluene and acetone, Axelle Marchand, Jessie Ménard, Pierre Brochu, and Sami Haddad
Assessment of waste workers occupational risk to microbial agents and cytotoxic effects of mixed contaminants present in the air of waste truck cabin and ventilation filters, Genevieve Marchand, Loïc Wingert, Carla Viegas, Liliana Caetano, Susana Viegas, Magdalena Twaruzek, Nancy Lacombe, Delphine Lanoie, Isabelle Valois, Francois Gouin, Ewelina Soszczyńska, Robert Kosicki, Marta Dias, and Maximilien Debia
Measurement of the local static mechanical pressure of earplugs, Luiz G.C. Melo, Ahmed S. Dalaq, Franck Sgard, Olivier Doutres, Laurianne Legroux, and Eric Wagnac
Stratégies posturales de bagagistes novices et expérimentés utilisant un convoyeur télescopique à rouleaux dans les soutes d'avion, C. Mostosi, J.-F. Stéphenne, E. Kempeneers, D. Denis, A. Plamondon, and F. Dierick
Reliability of an extended version of the 3m™ Eargage tool to assess earcanal size and assist earplug selection, Bastien Poissenot-Arrigoni, Laurence Martin, Alessia Negrini, Djamal Berbiche, Olivier Doutres, and Franck Sgard
Impact of modified ventilation strategies on water evaporation rate and thermal comfort in an indoor swimming pool by numerical study, H. Proulx, M. Debia, and S. Hallé
Knee braces and foot orthoses multimodal 3-month treatment of medial knee osteoarthritis in a randomised crossover trial, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Yoann Dessery, Étienne L. Belzile, and Philippe Corbeil
Availability, use, and impact of workplace mental health supports during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Canadian cohort of healthcare workers, Shannon Ruzycki, Anil Adisesh, Igor Burstyn, Quentin Durand-Moreau, France Labreche, Tanis Zadunayski, and Nicola Cherry
Intelligent thermoregulation in personal protective equipment, Alireza Saidi and Chantal Gauvin
Estimation of acoustical materials sound absorption coefficient under oblique incidence plane wave and diffuse field via Allard model inversion, Magdeleine Sciard, Alain Berry, Franck Sgard, Thomas Dupont, and Olivier Robin
On the area-averaged effective sound absorption coefficient of porous materials excited by a monopole, Franck Sgard, Noureddine Atalla, Olivier Robin, and Alain Berry
Assessing the treatment response of lateral elbow tendinopathy using time-dependent ultrasonography, Doppler imaging, and elastography, David Tobaly, Patrice Tétreault, Guy Cloutier, Manon Choinière, Philippe Grondin, Véronique Freire, Anne-Sophie Julien, and Nathalie J. Bureau
Establishing the prognostic profile of patients with work-related musculoskeletal disorders: Development and acceptability of the MAPS questionnaire, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, Catherine Houle, Christian Longtin, Nathalie Desmarais, Thomas Gérard, Kadija Perreault, Emilie Lagueux, Pascal Tétreault, Marc-André Blanchette, Hélène Beaudry, and Simon Décary
Assessing the multidimensional comfort of earplugs in virtual industrial noise environments, Olivier Valentin, Said Ezzaf, Philippe-Aubert Gauthier, Djamal Berbiche, Alessia Negrini, Olivier Doutres, Franck Sgard, and Alain Berry
The influence of transfer distance and pace of work on foot positioning strategies and low back loading in a manual material handling task, Jasmin Vallée Marcotte, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Antoine Muller, Denys Denis, Hakim Mecheri, André Plamondon, and Philippe Corbeil
Derivative method to detect sleep and awake states through heart rate variability analysis using machine learning algorithms, Fabrice Vaussenat, Abhiroop Bhattacharya, Philippe Boudreau, Diane B. Boivin, Ghyslain Gagnon, and Sylvain G. Cloutier
Submissions from 2023
Estimating evaporation rates and contaminant air concentrations due to small spills of non-ideal aqueous organic solvent mixtures in a controlled environment, Spéro Franck Abattan, Patrick Eddy Ryan, Jérôme Lavoué, Stéphane Hallé, Ali Bahloul, Daniel Drolet, and Maximilien Debia
Determinants of sickness absence duration after mild COVID-19 in a prospective cohort of Canadian healthcare workers, Anil Adisesh, Igor Burstyn, Quentin Durand-Moreau, France Labrèche, Shannon Ruzycki, Tanis Zadunayski, and Cherry Nicolas
Full-scale multisampling and empirical modeling of DBPs in water and air of indoor pools, Elham Ahmadpour, Ianis Delpla, Maximilien Debia, Sabrina Simard, François Proulx, Jean-Baptiste Sérodes, Isabelle Valois, Robert Tardif, Sami Haddad, and Manuel Rodriguez
Comparison of sampling collection strategies for assessing airborne trichloramine levels in indoor swimming pools, Elham Ahmadpour, Stéphane Hallé, Isabelle Valois, Patrick Eddy Ryan, Sami Haddad, Manuel Rodriguez, Robert Tardif, and Maximilien Debia
Experiences in the return-to-work process of workers having suffered occupational injuries in small and medium size enterprises, Jessika Audet, Alexandra Lecours, and Iuliana Nastasia
Determination of blood:air, urine:air and plasma:air partition coefficients of selected microbial volatile organic compounds, Wissam Berkane, Badr El Aroussi, Michèle Bouchard, Geneviève Marchand, and Sami Haddad
Biomonitoring of exposure to multiple metal components in urine, hair and nails of apprentice welders performing shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), Jairo Buitrago Cortes, Philippe Sarazin, Denis Dieme, Jonathan Côté, Capucine Ouellet, Naïma El Majidi, and Michèle Bouchard
Passive earplug including Helmholtz resonators arranged in series to achieve broadband near zero occlusion effect at low frequencies, Kévin Carillo, Franck Sgard, Olivier Dazel, and Olivier Doutres
Cohort profile: Recruitment and retention in a prospective cohort of Canadian healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, Nicola Cherry, Anil Adisesh, Igor Burstyn, Quentin Durand-Moreau, Jean-Michel Galarneau, France Labrèche, Shannon M. Ruzycki, and Tanis Zadunayski
The evolution of workplace risk for Covid-19 in Canadian healthcare workers and its relation to vaccination: A nested case-referent study, Nicola Cherry, Trish Mhonde, Anil Adisesh, Igor Burstyn, Quentin Durand-Moreau, France Labrèche, and Shannon M. Ruzycki
A reflection on paradoxes and double binds in the workplace in the era of super-diversity, Daniel Côté
Managing the unknown or the art of preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection in workplaces in a context of evolving science, precarious employment, and communication barriers. A qualitative situational analysis in Quebec and Ontario, Daniel Côté, Ellen MacEachen, Ai-Thuy Huynh, Amelia León, Marie Laberge, Samantha Meyer, Shannon Majowicz, Joyceline Amoako, Yamir Jahangir, and Jessica Dubé
Are healthcare systems failing immigrants? Transnational migration and social exclusion in the workers' compensation process in Québec, Daniel Côté, Bob W. White, Jessica Dubé, and Sylvie Gravel
Pressure induced by roll-down foam-earplugs on earcanal, Ahmed Dalaq, Luiz Melo, Franck Sgard, Olivier Doutres, and Éric Wagnac
Validation of an EMG submaximal method to calibrate a novel dynamic EMG-driven musculoskeletal model of the trunk: Effects on model estimates, Amir H. Eskandari, Farshid Ghezelbash, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, Denis Gagnon, Hakim Mecheri, and Christian Larivière
Les usages sociaux des technologies de l’information et de communication chez les étudiant·e·s internationaux et internationales en période de confinement lié à la pandémie de la COVID-19 au Québec, Jorge Frozzini, Joseph Lévy, Daniel Côté, Jessica Dubé, Farrah Bérubé, Aïcha Andjari, and Gabriel Bernard
Dorsal suspension in full-body harnesses: Comparison of perceived discomfort, pressure and physiological response, Bertrand Galy, Antoine Archambault, Marie-Anne Landry-Duval, Guillaume Montpetit, Denis Marchand, Chantal Gauvin, Jean Arteau, and Yves Beauchamp
Risk mitigation strategies for automated current and future mine hoists, Bertrand Galy and Laurent Giraud
The risk of developing postmenopausal breast cancer from ambient exposures to selected volatile organic compounds, Mark S. Goldberg, Sara Zapata-Marin, France Labrèche, Vikki Ho, Sydney Westra, Eric Lavigne, and Marie-France Valois
Development of a context-specific knowledge base for Inherently Safer Design (ISD) in confined spaces: A resource for designers and end users, Andres Gonzalez-Cortes, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Yuvin Chinniah, Abdallah Ben Mosbah, Ali Bahloul, and Capucine Ouellet
O uso de tecnologias de precisão : recursos e limitações no trabalho agrícola, Fabienne Goutille, Marion Albert, Julie Fredj, Johanna Pannetier, Alain Garrigou, Adelaide Nascimento, and Caroline Jolly
Adaptation and validation of the cardiovascular version of the Return-to-Work Obstacles and Self-Efficacy Scale (ROSES-CVD) to the Italian context, Andrea Gragnano, Marc Corbière, Eleonora Picco, Alessia Negrini, Gaia Savioli, Massimo Conti, Luca Corsiglia, and Massimo Miglioretti
Occupational health and safety, metal exposures and multi-exposures health risk in Canadian electronic waste recycling facilities, Sabrina Gravel, Brigitte Roberge, Mickaël Calosso, Sébastien Gagné, Jacques Lavoie, and France Labrèche
Classification of collaborative applications and key variability factors to support the first step of risk assessment when integrating cobots, Sabrina Jocelyn, Élise Ledoux, Isvieysys Armas Marrero, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Yuvin Chinniah, Ilian A. Bonev, Abdallah Ben Mosbah, and Isabelle Berger
Ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry quantitation of o-cresol in hydrolyzed human urine to assess toluene exposure, Eric Langlois and Sébastien Gagné
The relationship between clinical examination measures and ultrasound measures of fascia thickness surrounding trunk muscles or lumbar multifidus fatty infiltrations: An exploratory study, Christian Larivière, Richard Preuss, Dany H. Gagnon, Hakim Mecheri, Mark Driscoll, and Sharon M. Henry
Perceptions of police officers regarding their involvement in work-related collisions: A qualitative study, Martin Lavallière
Modeling the impact of heat stress on the toxicokinetics of toluene and acetone, Axelle Marchand, Jessie Ménard, Pierre Brochu, and Sami Haddad
There is hope in safety promotion! How can resources and demands impact workers' safety participation?, Simona Margheritti, Alessia Negrini, and Silvia Da Silva
Acoustic imaging with spherical microphone array and Kriging, Thomas Padois, Julien Saint-Jacques, Kevin Rouard, Nicolas Quaegebeur, François Grondin, Alan Berry, Hugues Nélisse, Franck Sgard, and Olivier Doutres
Perceived injustice as a determinant of the severity of post-traumatic stress symptoms following occupational injury, Antonina Pavilanis, Manon Truchon, Marie Achille, Pierre Côté, and Michael J. L. Sullivan
Analysis of the physical discomfort of earplugs experienced by a group of workers in Canadian companies and identification of the influencing variables, Bastien Poissenot-Arrigoni, Alessia Negrini, Djamal Berbiche, Franck Sgard, and Olivier Doutres
Deck level air extraction and its impact on trichloramine concentrations in an indoor swimming pool: A numerical study, Hélène Proulx, Maximilien Debia, and Stéphane Hallé
Towards real-time thermal stress prediction systems for workers, Alireza Saidi and Chantal Gauvin
Prerequisite for imputing non-detects among airborne samples in OSHA’s IMIS databank: Prediction of sample’s volume, Philippe Sarazin, Igor Burstyn, George Luta, Melissa Friesen, Laurel Kincl, and Jérôme Lavoué
Filtration performance, fit test and side effects of respiratory personal protective equipment following decontamination: Observations for user safety and comfort, Nathalie Turgeon, Melissa Pagé, Justin Robillard, Véronique Goulet, Ali Bahloul, Clothilde Brochot, Mohamed Nejib Saidi, Nathan Dumont-Leblond, and Caroline Duchaine
Biomechanical differences in experts' and novices' footstep patterns during a palletizing task, Jasmin Vallée-Marcotte, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Denys Denis, Antoine Muller, André Plamondon, and Philippe Corbeil
One-pot preparation of superhydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane-coated cotton via water/oil/water emulsion approach for enhanced resistance to chemical and bacterial adhesion, Camille Venne, Nhu-Nang Vu, Safa Ladhari, Alireza Saidi, Simon Barnabé, and Phuong Nguyen-Tri
The association between the incidence of postmenopausal breast cancer and occupational exposure to selected organic solvents, Montreal, Canada, 2008-2011, Sydney Westra, Mark S. Goldberg, France Labrèche, Jill Baumgartner, and Vikki Ho
Synthesis of 3-alkyl oxazolidines, derived from 2-hydroxymethyl piperidine, as analytical standards for the analysis of volatile aldehydes in the workplace, Amadou R. Yaya, Martin Girard, Karima Belkhadem, Rémi Piard, Andreas Decken, Catherine Choinière, Pierre-Luc Cloutier, and Livain Breau
Submissions from 2022
Predicting first-order evaporation rate constant alpha (α) from small spills of organic solvents in a controlled environment, Spéro Franck Abattan, Jérôme Lavoué, Stéphane Hallé, Ali Bahloul, Daniel Drolet, and Maximilien Debia
Temporal and spatial variations in the levels of prominent airborne disinfection by-products at four indoor swimming pools, Elham Ahmadpour, Stéphane Hallé, Isabelle Valois, Patrick Eddy Ryan, Sami Haddad, Manuel Rodriguez, Badr El Aroussi, Sabrina Simard, Ianis Delpla, François Proulx, Robert Tardif, and Maximilien Debia
Analysis of vehicle stability when using two-post above-ground automotive lifts: Support pad slippage, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Bertrand Galy, Kariane Cusson Bertrand, Sylvie Beaugrand, Maud Gonella, and Élise Ledoux
Risk-based inspection applied to two-post above-ground automotive lifts, Damien Burlet-Vienney, François Gauthier, and Bertrand Galy
Reduction of the occlusion effect induced by earplugs using quasi perfect broadband absorption, Kévin Carillo, Franck Sgard, Olivier Dazel, and Olivier Doutres
Developing intercultural competence in a complex organizational structure: A case study within Quebec’s Workers’ Compensation Board, Daniel Côté, Jessica Dubé, and Sylvie Gravel
Ethnocultural minority workers and sustainable return to work following work disability: A qualitative interpretive description study, Marie-France Coutu, Marie-José Durand, Daniel Côté, Dominique Tremblay, Chantal Sylvain, Marie-Michelle Gouin, Karine Bilodeau, Iuliana Nastasia, and Marie-Andrée Paquette
Building a common language to facilitate discussion among stakeholders in work disability: A consensus group approach, Marie-France Coutu, Marie-José Durand, Daniel Côté, Dominique Tremblay, Chantal Sylvain, Marie-Michelle Gouin, Karine Bilodeau, Iuliana Nastasia, Marie-Andrée Paquette, and Marie-Élise Labrecque
Development of a new SPE UPLC–MS/MS method for extraction and quantitation of toluene diamine on gloves following toluene diisocyanate exposure, Asma Daoud, Pierre-Luc Cloutier, Sébastien Gagné, Livain Breau, and Jacques Lesage
Assessment of the oxidative potential and oxidative burden from occupational exposures to particulate matter, Alan da Silveira Fleck, Maximilien Debia, Patrick Eddy Ryan, Caroline Couture, Alison Traub, Greg J. Evans, Eva Suarthana, and Audrey Smargiassi
Immediate effect of lumbosacral orthosis and abdominal drawing-in maneuver on postural control in adults with nonspecific chronic low back pain, Fábio Carlos Lucas de Oliveira, Christian Larivière, Mathieu Dallaire, Hakim Mecheri, Suzy Ngomo, and Rubens A. da Silva
Towards a holistic model explaining hearing protection device use among workers, Olivier Doutres, Jonathan Terroir, Caroline Jolly, Chantal Gauvin, Laurence Martin, and Alessia Negrini
Evaluating stability of human spine in static tasks: A combined in vivo-computational study, Farshid Ghezelbash, Ali Shahvarpour, Christian Larivière, and Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl
Submaximal electromyography-driven musculoskeletal modeling of the human trunk during static tasks: Equilibrium and stability analyses, Farshid Ghezelbash, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, Denis Gagnon, Ali Shahvarpour, Navid Arjmand, Amir Hossein Eskandari, and Christian Larivière
Inherently Safer Design (ISD) solutions in confined spaces: Experts' practical feedback in Quebec, Canada, Andres Gonzalez-Cortes, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Yuvin Chinniah, Abdallah Ben Mosbah, Ali Bahloul, and Capucine Ouellet
Endocrine disruptors: Challenges and future directions in epidemiologic research, Vikki Ho, Laura Pelland-St-Pierre, Sabrina Gravel, Maryse F. Bouchard, Marc-André Verner, and France Labrèche
Derivation of clinical prediction rules for identifying patients with non-acute low back pain who respond best to a lumbar stabilization exercise program at post-treatment and six-month follow-up, Christian Larivière, Khalil Rabhi, Richard Preuss, Marie-France Coutu, Nicolas Roy, and Sharon M. Henry
MiXie, an online tool for better health assessment of workers exposed to multiple chemicals, Bénédicte La Rocca and Philippe Sarazin
Échelle de fréquence des comportements préventifs au travail : analyse des propriétés métrologiques, Alexandra Lecours, Alex-Anne Beaulieu, Valérie Poulin, Iuliana Nastasia, and France St-Hilaire
Stay at work after a period of disability due to an occupational injury: A complex process marked by social exchanges, Alexandra Lecours, Marie-José Durand, Marie-France Coutu, Charles Groleau, and Roxanne Bédard-Mercier
A finite element model to predict the double hearing protector effect on an in-house acoustic test fixture, Yu Luan, Franck Sgard, Hugues Nélisse, and Olivier Doutres
Exposure determinants in the French database COLCHIC (1987–2019): Statistical modeling across 77 chemicals, Gautier Mater, Jean-François Sauvé, Philippe Sarazin, and Jérôme Lavoué
Occupational exposure to wood dust and the burden of nasopharynx and sinonasal cancer in Canada, Amirabbas Mofidi, Emile Tompa, Christina Kalcevich, Christopher McLeod, Martin Lebeau, Chaojie Song, Joanne Kim, and Paul A. Demers
Inertial motion capture-based estimation of L5/S1 moments during manual materials handling, Antoine Muller, Hakim Mecheri, Philippe Corbeil, André Plamondon, and Xavier Robert-Lachaîne
Morphologic clustering of earcanals using deep learning algorithm to design artificial ears dedicated to earplugs attenuation measurement, Bastien Poissenot-Arrigoni, Chun Hong Law, Djamal Berbiche, Franck Sgard, and Olivier Doutres