Publikasjoner
Hearing status among Norwegian train drivers and train conductors
Background: There is a general perception that train drivers and conductors may be at increased risk of developing noise-induced hearing...
Arve Lie; Marit Skogstad; T S Johnsen; Bo Engdahl; Kristian Tambs
Bullying and risk-perception as health hazards on oil rigs
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relative impact of workplace bullying and risk perception on the mental health ...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Lars Glasø; Stig Berge Matthiesen; Jarle Eid; Ståle Einarsen
Caffeine Increases Performance in Cross-country Double-Poling Time Trial Exercise
Purpose: Caffeine (CAF) improves performance in both short- and long-duration running and cycling where performance relies on power outpu...
Hans Kristian Stadheim; Bent Kvamme; Raymond Olsen; Christian A Drevon; John L. Ivy; Jørgen Jensen
“Inclusive working life in Norway”: a registry-based five-year follow-up study
Background: In 2001, the Norwegian authorities and major labour market partners signed an agreement regarding ‘inclusive working life’ (...
Line Foss; Hans Magne Ulrik Gravseth; Petter Kristensen; Bjørgulf Claussen; Ingrid Alethe Sivesind Mehlum; Knut Skyberg
Work-related psychosocial and mechanical risk factors for work disability: a 3-year follow-up study of the general working population in Norway
Objectives This study examines the impact of work-related psychosocial and mechanical risk factors for work disability in the general wor...
Tom Sterud
Energy Cost of the Trondheim Firefighter Test for Experienced Firefighters
Aim. The aim of this study was to measure aerobic demands of fire fighting activities including exercise in the heat. Methods. Twenty-two...
Erna Dianne Von Heimburg; Jon Ingulf Medbø
A brief safety climate inventory for petro-maritime organizations
The first aim of this two-study paper was to report psychometric properties of a brief 11-item measure of safety climate adapted to petro...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Jarle Eid; Sigurd William Hystad; Bjørn Sætrevik; Evelyn Saus-Rose
Performance on a work-simulating firefighter test versus approved laboratory tests for firefighters and applicants
Aim: Firefighters must meet minimum physical demands. The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority (NLIA) has approved a standardised treadm...
Erna Dianne Von Heimburg; Jon Ingulf Medbø; Mariann Sandsund; Randi Eidsmo Reinertsen
Does the threshold for reporting musculoskeletal pain or the probability of attributing work-relatedness vary by socioeconomic position or sex?
Objective: To examine the effect of sex and socioeconomic position (SEP) on individuals’ perceptions of pain and its work-relatedness. ...
Ingrid Alethe Sivesind Mehlum; Petter Kristensen; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Morten Wærsted; Laura Punnett
Fatalities in High Altitude Mountaineering: A Review of Quantitative Risk Estimates
Fatalities in high altitude mountaineering: A review of quantitative risk estimates. High Alt Med Biol 14:346–359, 2013.—Quantitative est...
Stephan Weinbruch; Karl-Christian Nordby
A comparison of two physical ability tests for firefighters
Smoke diving is physically demanding, and firefighters must therefore meet certain minimum physical requirements. The aim of this study w...
Asgeir Mamen; Harald Oseland; Jon Ingulf Medbø
Relationships between work environment factors and workers’ well-being in the maritime industry
Background: The aim of this study was to determine whether physical and psychosocial work factors are related to the levels of job satis...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Kjersti Bergheim; Jarle Eid
Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase (PIKfyve) is an AMPK target participating in contraction-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle
PIKfyve (FYVE domain-containing phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase), the lipid kinase that phosphorylates PtdIns3P to PtdIns(3,5)P...
Yang Liu; Yu-Chiang Lai; Elaine V. Hill; Donatienne Tyteca; Sarah Carpentier; Ada Ingvaldsen; Didier Vertommen; Louise Lantier; Marc Foretz; Franck Dequiedt; Pierre J. Courtoy ...
Are national levels of employee harassment cultural covariations of climato-economic conditions?
Conflict in a workgroup turns into harassment if a group member is persistently confronted with negative acts with few possibilities to r...
Evert Van De Vliert; Ståle Einarsen; Morten Birkeland Nielsen
Effects of occupational role conflict and emotional demands on subsequent psychological distress. A 3-year follow-up study of the general working population in Norway
Objective: To examine the impact of occupational role conflict and emotional demands on subsequent psychological distress. Methods: A ra...
Håkon Andre Johannessen; Tore Tynes; Tom Sterud
The DQB1*03:02 HLA haplotype is associated with increased risk of chronic pain after inguinal hernia surgery and lumbar disc herniation
Neuropathic pain conditions are common after nerve injuries and are suggested to be regulated in part by genetic factors. We have previo...
Cecilia A. Dominguez; Maija Kalliomäki; Ulf Gunnarsson; Aurora Moen; Gabriel Sandblom; Ingrid Kockum; Ewa Lavant; Tomas Olsson; Fred Nyberg; Lars Jørgen Rygh; Cecilie Røe ...
Fear-avoidance beliefs associated with perceived psychological and social factors at work among patients with neck and back pain: a cross-sectional multicentre study
Background: Neck and back pain are common and often account for absenteeism at work. Factors at work as well as fear–avoidance beliefs m...
Kjersti Myhre; Cecilie Røe; Gunn Hege Marchand; Anne Keller; Erik Bautz-Holter; Gunnar Leivseth; Leiv Sandvik; Bjørn Lau
Work-related psychosocial and organizational risk factors for headache. A 3-year follow-up study of the general working population in Norway
Objectives: To determine the effects of work-related psychosocial and organizational factors on headache. Methods: A random cohort from t...
Tore Tynes; Håkon Andre Johannessen; Tom Sterud
Perceived tension and relaxation ability in young adults
Purpose: To study the association between self-reported general tension and muscle tension, and clinically tested relaxation ability. Met...
Morten Wærsted; Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Prevalence and occupational predictors of psychological distress in the offshore petroleum industry: a prospective study
Objectives: This study investigates the prevalence of psychological distress and stressors in the work environment as prospective predic...
Morten Birkeland Nielsen; Sturle Danielsen Tvedt; Stig Berge Matthiesen
Determinants of Exposure to Dust and Dust Constituents in the Norwegian Silicon Carbide Industry
Abstract Introduction: The aim of this study was to identify important determinants of dust exposure in the Norwegian silicon carbide (...
Solveig Føreland; Berit Bakke; Roel Vermeulen; Erik Bye; Eduard Wijnand
Chemical Exposure among Professional Ski Waxers - Characterization of Individual Work Operations
Background: Preparation of skis prior to skiing competitions involves several individual work operations and the use of a wide variety o...
Baard Ingegerdsson Freberg; Raymond Olsen; Syvert Thorud; Dag G. Ellingsen; Hanne Line Daae; Merete Hersson; Pål Molander
Painful heat attenuates electrically induced muscle pain in men and women
Background and purpose: Women exhibit higher prevalence of most painful disorders. Several explanations have been proposed for this disc...
Maria Gullander; Stein Knardahl; Dagfinn Matre
Work-related mechanical risk factors for long-term sick leave: a prospective study of the general working population in Norway
Background: The overall evidence for work-related mechanical exposures as risk factors for long-term sick leave (LTSL) in the general wor...
Tom Sterud