Abstract: Background: Personality traits and general health complaints may influence the course of and treatment of chronic pain. Howeve...
Christine Mohn; Olav Vassend; Berit Heyerdahl Krogstad; Stein Knardahl
Aim: Caffeine and theophylline inhibit phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) activity and insulin-stimulated protein kinase B (PKB) ...
A.J. Kolnes; Ada Ingvaldsen; Astrid Bolling; Jorid Thrane Stuenæs; M. Kreft; R. Zorec; P.R. Shepherd; Jørgen Jensen
Background: Brief heat stimuli that excite nociceptors innervated by finely myelinated (Aδ) fibers evoke an initial, sharp, well-localiz...
Dagfinn Matre; Luis Hernandez-Garcia; Tuan Diep Tran; Kenneth L Casey
Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to relate the prevalence of neck, shoulder, and upper back pain to occupational and indiv...
Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Morten Wærsted
The purpose of the study was to determine the associations between dust, endotoxins and bacterial exposure, and health effects in sewage...
Kari Emilie Heldal; Lene Madsø; Per Ole Huser; Eduard Wijnand
Fatal accidents among elite mountaineers: a historical perspective from the European Alps. High Alt. Med. Biol. 11:147–151, 2010.— The li...
Stephan Weinbruch; Karl-Christian Nordby
Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) is the primary physiological inhibitor of tissue factor (TF) induced coagulation. Low plasma TFPI ...
Grethe Skretting; Benedicte Stavik; Nina Elisabeth Landvik; Christiane Filion Myklebust; Nina Iversen; Shanbeh Zienolddiny; Per Morten Sandset
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are ubiquitous environmental pollutants classified as carcinogens in humans and rodents. The cytochromes...
Heidi Uppstad; Steinar Øvrebø; Aage Haugen; Steen Kristen Mollerup
Concentrations of Cd, Hg, Pb, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo and As were determined in soils and leaves of plants from refuse dumpsites and ...
K. Agyarko; E. Darteh; Balazs Berlinger
Pneumoproteins, biomarkers of systemic inflammation and endothelial activation were studied across a season in 72 asphalt pavers, 32 asph...
Dag Ellingsen; Bente Ulvestad; Lena Andersson; Lars Barregård
BAKGRUNN. Tilgjengelig statistikk gir relativt pålitelig informasjon om antall meldte yrkesskader – årsaker og skademekanismer – mens de...
Robin Holtedahl; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Low iron (Fe) stores may influence absorption or transport of divalent metals in blood. To obtain more knowledge about such associations,...
Helle Margrete Meltzer; Anne Lise Brantsæter; Berit Borch-Iohnsen; Dag Ellingsen; Jan Alexander; Yngvar Thomassen; Hein Stigum; Trond Arild Ydersbond
Several variants of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene have recently been linked to pain sensitivity. In the present study, ele...
Line Melå Jacobsen; Guro Søe Eriksen; Linda Margareth Pedersen; Johannes Gjerstad
Lai YC, Zarrinpashneh E, Jensen J. Additive effect of contraction and insulin on glucose uptake and glycogen synthase in muscle with diff...
Yu-Chiang Lai; Elham Zarrinpashneh; Jørgen Jensen
Background . Analysis of candidate genes in individual studies has had only limited success in identifying particular gene variants that ...
Therese Truong; Wiebke Sauter; James D. McKay; H. Dean Hosgood III; Carla Gallagher; Christopher I. Amos; Margaret Spitz; Joshua Muscat; Philip Lazarus; Thomas Illig; H. Erich Wichmann ...
Rationale: The relationship between dust exposure and annual decline in lung function among employees in the smelting industry is unknown...
Helle Laier Johnsen; Siri M. Hetland; Jurate Saltyte-Benth; Johny Kongerud; Vidar Søyseth
Objectives: This systematic review aimed to identify published observational methods assessing biomechanical exposures in occupational se...
Esa-Pekka Takala; Irmeli Pehkonen; Mikael Forsman; Gert-Åke Hansson; Svend Erik Mathiassen; W Patrick Neumann; Gisela Sjøgaard; Kaj Bo Veiersted; Rolf Harald Westgaard; Jørgen Winkel
Bakgrunn. Opplevelsen av smerte reguleres av flere endogene faktorer. Kunnskapen om endogene smertehemmende mekanismer er økende. Forståe...
Kristian Bernhard Nilsen; Magne Arve Flaten; Knut Hagen; Dagfinn Matre; Trond Sand
Background This review examines the evidence for an association between computer work and neck and upper extremity disorders (except carp...
Morten Wærsted; Therese Nordberg Hanvold; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Bakgrunn: Selv om korsryggssmerter som oftest går over av seg selv, blir en del pasienter ikke bedre og trenger behandling. Det er derfor...
Ellina Iordanova; Cecilie Røe; Anne Keller; Jan Sture Skouen; Lars Jørgen Rygh; Ansgar Espeland; Johannes Gjerstad
Tove Maria Østensvik; Petter Nilsen; Kaj Bo Veiersted
Dette er et oppfølgingsprosjekt etter prosjektet ”Jobbing uten mobbing” (JUM) (2005-2007), som ble ledet av Arbeidstilsynet i samarbeid m...
Kirsti Jacobsen; Annik Apall Austad
Dette er et oppfølgingsprosjekt etter prosjektet ”Jobbing uten mobbing”(2005-2007), som ble initiert av partene i arbeidslivet, NAV og Ar...
Kirsti Jacobsen; Annik Apall Austad
Arbeid i kalde omgivelser er vanlig i en rekke bransjer og virksomheter. Ansatte innen bygg- og anleggssektoren, petroleums- og bergverks...
Stein Knardahl; Jon Ingulf Medbø; Vegard Strøm; Einar Jebens