• The Prevalence of Notched Audiograms in a Cross-Sectional Study of 12,055 Railway Workers 

  Lie, Arve; Skogstad, Marit; Johnsen, Torstein Seip; Engdahl, Bo Lars; Tambs, Kristian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)

  Objective: Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the most reported occupational diseases internationally. The occurrence of audiometric notches is emphasized in both American and European guidelines for the diagnosis ...

• Low back pain and physical activity. A 6.5 year follow-up among young adults in their transition from school to working life 

  Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Koch, Markus; Hanvold, Therese Nordberg; Wærsted, Morten; Veiersted, Kaj Bo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)

  Background: The association between leisure time physical activity and low back pain in young adults is unclear and is in the need of prospectively obtained evidence. This study examined the course of low back pain and the ...

• Experimental sleep restriction facilitates pain and electrically induced cortical responses 

  Matre, Dagfinn; Hu, Lu; Viken, Leif Andre; Hjelle, Ingri Berild; Wigemyr, Monica; Knardahl, Stein; Sand, Trond; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)

  Study Objectives: Sleep restriction (SR) has been hypothesized to sensitize the pain system. The current study determined whether experimental sleep restriction had an effect on experimentally induced pain and pain-elicited ...

• Conditioned pain modulation is not decreased after partial sleep restriction 

  Matre, Dagfinn; Andersen, Maria Raae; Knardahl, Stein; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)

  Background: Sleep problems have been identified as a risk factor for several chronic pain conditions. Reduced sleep has been related to increased pain perception and it has been hypothesized that reduced pain inhibition ...

• Accreditation of occupational health services in Norway 

  Lie, Arve; Bjørnstad, Odd Johan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)

  Background: In 2010, an accreditation system for occupational health services (OHS) in Norway was implemented. Aims: To examine OHS experiences of the accreditation system in Norway 4 years after its implementation. Methods: ...

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