Browsing Brage by Author "Mathiassen, Svend Erik"

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    • A practical guidance for assessments of sedentary behavior at work: A PEROSH initiative 

      Holtermann, Andreas; Schellewald, Vera; Mathiassen, Svend Erik; Gupta, Nidhi; Pinder, Andrew; Punakallio, Anne; Veiersted, Kaj Bo; Weber, Britta; Takala, Esa-Pekka; Draicchioh, Francesco; Enquist, Henrik; Desbrosse, Kevin; Sanz, Maria Peñahora García; Malińska, Marzena; Villar, María; Wichtl, Michael; Strebl, Michaela; Forsman, Mikael; Lusa, Sirpa; Tokarski, Tomasz; Hendriksen, Peter; Ellegast, Rolf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Sedentary behavior is defined as sitting or lying with low energy expenditure. Humans in industrialized societies spend an increasing amount of time in sedentary behaviors every day. This has been associated with detrimental ...

    • An Exploratory Study on the Physical Activity Health Paradox. Musculoskeletal Pain and Cardiovascular Load during Work and Leisure in Construction and Healthcare Workers 

      Merkus, Suzanne; Coenen, Pieter; Forsman, Mikael; Knardahl, Stein; Veiersted, Kaj Bo; Mathiassen, Svend Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Using a novel approach, this exploratory study investigated whether the physical activity (PA) paradox extends to cardiovascular load and musculoskeletal pain. At baseline, 1–2 days of 24 h heart rate was assessed in 72 ...

    • Assessing arm elevation at work with technical systems 

      Weber, Britta; Douwes, Marjolein; Forsman, Mikael; Könemann, Reinier; Heinrich, Kai; Enquist, Henrik; Pinder, Andrew; Punakallio, Anne; Uusitalo, Arja; Ditchen, Dirk; Takala, Esa-Pekka; Draicchio, Francesco; Desbrosses, Kevin; Wichtl, Michael; Strebl, Michaela; Wærsted, Morten; Gupta, Nidhi; Lechner, Norbert; Bayona, Teresa Alvarez; Hoehne-Hückstädt, Ulrike; Mathiassen, Svend Erik; Holtermann, Andreas; Veiersted, Kaj Bo (Research report, 2018)

    • Can a metric combining arm elevation and trapezius muscle activity predict neck/shoulder pain? A prospective cohort study in construction and healthcare 

      Merkus, Suzanne; Mathiassen, Svend Erik; Lunde, Lars-Kristian; Koch, Markus; Wærsted, Morten; Forsman, Mikael; Knardahl, Stein; Veiersted, Kaj Bo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objective To determine whether a composite metric of arm elevation and trapezius activity (i.e. neck/shoulder load) is more strongly associated with the 2-year course of neck and shoulder pain intensity (NSPi) among ...