Publications

Publication • Published year 2017

The impact of sleep quality, fatigue and safety climate on the perceptions of accident risk among seafarers [L'impact de la qualite du sommeil, de la fatigue et du climat de securite sur la perception des risques d'accidents chez les marins]

Introduction: Seafaring is an extremely demanding profession that takes place in one of the most dangerous work environments possible. T...

Sigurd William Hystad; Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Jarle Eid

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A longitudinal study of atrazine and 2,4-D exposure and oxidative stress markers among iowa corn farmers

Reactive oxygen species, potentially formed through environmental exposures, can overwhelm an organism's antioxidant capabilities resulti...

Catherine C. Lerro; Laura E. Beane Freeman; Lützen Portengen; Daehee Kang; Kyoungho Lee; Aaron Blair; Charles F. Lynch; Berit Bakke; Anneclaire J. De Roos; Roel C.H. Vermeulen

Publication • Published year 2017

Working suspended in a harness rig: A comparative study of musculoskeletal health complaints in rope access technicians and controls

BACKGROUND: Rope access technique is an alternative method for gaining access to challenging work locations. There is limited knowledge a...

Harald Vikne; Einar Jebens; Shahrooz Elka; Stein Knardahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted

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Sleep quality and methylation status of core circadian rhythm genes among nurses and midwives

Poor sleep quality or sleep restriction is associated with sleepiness and concentration problems. Moreover, chronic sleep restriction may...

Agnieszka Bukowska-Damska; Edyta Reszka; Pawel Kaluzny; Edyta Wieczorek; Monika Przybek; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Beata Peplonska

Publication • Published year 2017

Association of objectively measured arm inclination with shoulder pain. A 6-month follow-up prospective study of construction and health care workers

Objectives: The aim was to determine the association of occupational arm inclination with shoulder pain in construction and health care ...

Markus Koch; Lars-Kristian Lunde; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Stein Knardahl

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Night-shift work is associated with increased pain perception

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to determine whether shift workers exhibit increased perception of experimentally induced pa...

Dagfinn Matre; Stein Knardahl; Kristian Bernhard Nilsen

Publication • Published year 2017

MicroRNA-223 demonstrated experimentally in exosome-like vesicles is associated with decreased risk of persistent pain after lumbar disc herniation

Background: Previous findings have demonstrated that lumbar radicular pain after disc herniation may be associated with up-regulation of...

Aurora Lie Moen; Daniel Jacobsen; Santosh Phuyal; Anna Legfeldt; Fred Haugen; Cecilie Røe; Johannes Gjerstad

Publication • Published year 2017

Psychosocial factors at work and sleep problems: a longitudinal study of the general working population in Norway

Purpose: A growing number of longitudinal studies report associations between adverse psychosocial factors at work and sleep problems. H...

Håkon Andre Johannessen; Tom Sterud

Publication • Published year 2017

Associations of objectively measured sitting and standing with low-back pain intensity. A 6-month follow-up of construction and healthcare workers

Objectives: This study aimed to determine the associations between objectively measured sitting and standing duration and intensity of lo...

Lars-Kristian Lunde; Markus Koch; Stein Knardahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted

Publication • Published year 2017

Exploration of conditioned pain modulation effect on long-term potentiation-like pain amplification in humans

Background This study aimed to explore conditioned pain modulation (CPM) effect on long‐term potentiation (LTP)‐like pain amplification ...

W. Xia; C.D. Mørch; Dagfinn Matre; O.K. Andersen