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Oppfølging av arbeidere med hånd-arm vibrasjonssyndrom (HAVS)
200 000 yrkesaktive oppgir at de har vært utsatt for vibrasjoner fra håndholdte verktøy minst en fjerdedel av arbeidsdagen. Vedvarende vi...
Smerter, muskel- og skjelettplager
Muskel- og skjelettplager er en av de vanligste årsakene til sykefravær i Norge. Både mekaniske og psykososiale forhold på arbeidsplassen kan lede til smerter og plager i muskel og skjelett. Muskelsmerter utgjør et stort problem både for samfunnet og for den enkelte som er plaget.
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The MMP9 rs17576 A>G polymorphism is associated with increased lumbopelvic pain-intensity in pregnant women
Background and aims: Matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) is an enzyme that may affect degradation of several extracellular matrix (ECM) com...
Mahmood, Aqsa; Moen, Aurora Lie; Stafne, Signe Nilssen; Robinson, Hilde Stendal; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Salvesen, Kjell Å; Mørkved, Siv; Gjerstad, Johannes
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Assessing neuropathic pain in patients with low back-related leg pain: Comparing the painDETECT Questionnaire with the 2016 NeuPSIG grading system
Background: Low back‐related leg pain with nerve root involvement is conceptually regarded as a neuropathic condition. However, it is unc...
Hasvik, Eivind Olay; Haugen, Anne Julsrud; Gjerstad, Johannes; Grøvle, Lars
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Role of D1- and D2-like dopaminergic receptors in the nucleus accumbens in modulation of formalin-induced orofacial pain: Involvement of lateral hypothalamus
The role of dopaminergic system in modulation of formalin-induced orofacial nociception has been established. The present study aims to i...
Shafiei, Iman; Vatankhah, Mahsaneh; Zarepour, Leila; Ezzatpanah, Somayeh; Haghparast, Abbas
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Hand tremor related to smoking habits and the consumption of caffeine in male industrial workers
Tremor was measured in 49 smokers/snuffers and in 49 non-smokers/non-snuffers in a cross-sectional study. The Kløve–Matthews static stead...
Ellingsen, Dag; Bast-Pettersen, Rita; Efskind, Jon; Gjølstad, Merete; Olsen, Raymond; Thomassen, Yngvar; Molander, Pål
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Negative social acts and pain. Evidence of a workplace bullying and 5-HTT genotype interaction
Objectives: Long-term exposure to systematic negative acts at work, usually labeled workplace bullying, is a prevalent problem at many wo...
Jacobsen, Daniel Pitz; Nielsen, Morten Birkeland; Einarsen, Ståle; Gjerstad, Johannes
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Comprehensive profiles of psychological and social work factors as predictors of site-specific and multi-site pain
Objective: Despite the multifactoriality of work and health, studies of psychosocial work factors with pain are typically limited to a fe...
Christensen, Jan Olav; Nielsen, Morten Birkeland; Finne, Live Bakke; Knardahl, Stein
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A tonic heat test stimulus yields a larger and more reliable conditioned pain modulation effect compared to a phasic heat test stimulus
Introduction: The interest in conditioned pain modulation (CPM) as a clinical tool for measuring endogenously induced analgesia is increa...
Lie, Marie; Matre, Dagfinn; Hansson, Per; Stubhaug, Audun; Zwart, John-Anker; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard
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Mekaniske eksponeringer i arbeid som årsak til muskel- og skjelettplager. En kunnskapsstatus
STAMI-rapport nr 6/2017. Muskel- og skjelettplager er vanlige i dagens arbeidsliv. Det er viktig å dokumentere hvilke forhold som utgjør ...
Veiersted, Kaj Bo; Knardahl, Stein; Wærsted, Morten
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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 w...
Koch, Markus; Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Veiersted, Kaj Bo; Knardahl, Stein
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The association of sleepiness, insomnia, sleep disturbance and pain: a study amongst shiftworking nurses
Sleep problems are commonly associated with chronic pain. It is not known whether pain is more related to a particular type of sleep prob...
Katsifaraki, Maria; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Wærsted, Morten; Knardahl, Stein; Lie, Jenny-Anne Sigstad; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Härmä, Mikko; Matre, Dagfinn
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Blockade of the orexin receptors in the CA1 region of hippocampus decreased the lateral hypothalamic-induced antinociceptive responses in the model of orofacial formalin test in the rats
The role of hippocampus and lateral hypothalamus (LH) in modulation of formalin-induced nociception has been established. The present stu...
Haghparast, Amir; Shafiei, Iman; Alizadeh, Amir-Mohammad; Ezzatpanah, Somayeh; Haghparast, Abbas
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Influence of catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met on fear of pain and placebo analgesia
Higher levels of fear have been shown to partly explain individual differences in placebo analgesic responding. The catechol-Omethyltrans...
Forsberg, June Thorvaldsen; Gjerstad, Johannes; Flaten, Magne; Aslaksen, Per M.
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Genetic predictors of recovery in low back and lumbar radicular pain
Previous data suggest that persistent back pain may be associated with genetic variability. In this study, we assessed the correlation be...
Bjorland, Siri; Røe, Cecilie; Moen, Aurora Lie; Schistad, Ellina Iordanova; Aqsa, Mahmood; Gjerstad, Johannes
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Local up-regulation of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) following disc herniation is involved in the inflammatory response underlying acute lumbar radicular pain
Lumbar radicular pain after disc herniation may be associated with release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from nucleus pulposus (NP) tissu...
Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Moen, Aurora Lie; Schistad, Ellina Iordanova; Gjerstad, Johannes
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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...
Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Koch, Markus; Knardahl, Stein; Veiersted, Kaj Bo
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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 ...
Moen, Aurora Lie; Jacobsen, Daniel; Phuyal, Santosh; Legfeldt, Anna; Haugen, Fred; Røe, Cecilie; Gjerstad, Johannes
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Psychological predictors of change in the number of musculoskeletal pain sites among Norwegian employees: a prospective study
Background The pathogenesis of syndromes of widespread musculoskeletal pain remains an enigma. The present study sought to determine if p...
Christensen, Jan Olav; Johansen, Sissel; Knardahl, Stein
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Association between VO2max, handgrip strength, and musculoskeletal pain among construction and health care workers
Background: Construction and health care workers have a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders, and they are assumed to have physic...
Moberg, Lene Lehmann; Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Koch, Markus; Tveter, Anne Therese; Veiersted, Kaj Bo
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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...
Vikne, Harald; Jebens, Einar; Elka, Shahrooz; Knardahl, Stein; Veiersted, Kaj Bo
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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...
Matre, Dagfinn; Knardahl, Stein; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard
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Hyperexcitability in spinal WDR neurons following experimental disc herniation is associated with upregulation of fractalkine and its receptor in nucleus pulposus and the dorsal root ganglion
Introduction: Lumbar radicular pain following intervertebral disc herniation may be associated with a local inflammatory response induced...
Jacobsen, Daniel Pitz; Moen, Aurora Lie; Haugen, Fred; Gjerstad, Johannes
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Genes associated with persistent lumbar radicular pain; a systematic review
Background: The aim of the present study was to provide an overview of the literature addressing the role of genetic factors and biomarke...
Bjorland, Siri; Moen, Aurora Lie; Schistad, Ellina Iordanova; Gjerstad, Johannes; Røe, Cecilie
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Measuring tremor. Does recording time matter?
Objective: The CATSYS Tremor Pen has been used in several studies for measurement of tremor among workers with occupational exposure to n...
Wastensson, Gunilla; Andersson, Eva M.; Bast-Pettersen, Rita
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Does pain sensitivity change by migraine phase? A blinded longitudinal study.
Objective: Studies suggest that pain thresholds may be altered before and during migraine headaches, but it is still debated if a central...
Uglem, Martin; Omland, Petter Moe; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Tronvik, Erling Andreas; Stovner, Lars Jacob; Hagen, Knut; Linde, Anders Mattias; Sand, Trond Halfdan