List of scientific publications

The research-action meeting in the health at work congress at Lille (France), in 2014, June 2nd and 3rd shared and compared the points of views of researchers from three countries on the occupational exclusion topic. This concept refers to working…

The subjective evaluation is accurate and reproducible for measuring workload. It may be used alone (self- rating scales, questionnaires...) or in parallel to many objective metrics.
After a brief presentation of the subjective evaluation using…

The results of working conditions surveys show that nearly one worker in five says exposed to heat. Conventional evaluation of thermal strain methods were designed for long exposures, continuous, in some thermal underwear but are particularly…

Standard laparoscopy is responsible for musculoskeletal problems because of surgeons anti-ergonomic positions. Robot-assisted laparoscopy seems to reduce these musculoskeletal disorders because of the surgeons seated position. The…

This article summarizes different topical sessions of the Second Scientific Conference on Work Disability Prevention and Integration (October 22-24, 2012, Groningen, Netherlands). The title of the congress was “healthy ageing in a working society…

This study compared muscular and postural stresses, performance and subject preference in women aged 18–40 years using a standard mouse, a vertical mouse and a slanted mouse in three different computer workstation positions. Four tasks were…

Back problems are a major occupational health issue for prehospital emergency care professionals. The goals of this article are to: 1) provide data about the prevalence and the severity of lower back and upper back disorders in emergency medical…

Low back pain is a common complain. About two thirds of an adult population had, have or will suffer at least once during their life (Biering-Sorensen 1987, Waddell 1998). Few back disorders have an organic support and thus must enter specific treatment…

Increasing age of workers should be taking into account in the work station conception. It is known that functional capacities and muscle properties physiologically change with ageing. This experiment wanted to investigate motor adaptation…

This paper presents a laboratory study. This study compared muscular and postural stresses, performance and user satisfaction when using a standard mouse and two vertical mice - one with a 25° angle (V25) and the other with a 55° angle (V55) to the vertical…