Do highly physically active workers die early? A systematic review with meta-analysis of data from 193 696 participants

P Coenen, MA Huysmans, A Holtermann… - British journal of sports …, 2018 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective Recent evidence suggests the existence of a physical activity paradox, with
beneficial health outcomes associated with leisure time physical activity, but detrimental …

[HTML][HTML] Thoracic spine pain in the general population: prevalence, incidence and associated factors in children, adolescents and adults. A systematic review

AM Briggs, AJ Smith, LM Straker, P Bragge - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2009 - Springer
Background Thoracic spine pain (TSP) is experienced across the lifespan by healthy
individuals and is a common presentation in primary healthcare clinical practice. However …

[HTML][HTML] The associations of mobile touch screen device use with musculoskeletal symptoms and exposures: A systematic review

SH Toh, P Coenen, EK Howie, LM Straker - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background The use of mobile touch screen devices (MTSDs) has increased rapidly over
the last decade, and there are concerns that their use may have negative musculoskeletal …

A comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic office workers performing monotonous keyboard work—1: neck and shoulder muscle recruitment patterns

GPY Szeto, LM Straker, PB O'Sullivan - Manual therapy, 2005 - Elsevier
Work-related neck and upper limb disorders (WRNULD) are common problems among
office workers who use computers intensively and maintain prolonged static postures. These …

A comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic office workers performing monotonous keyboard work—2: neck and shoulder kinematics

GPY Szeto, LM Straker, PB O'Sullivan - Manual therapy, 2005 - Elsevier
Prolonged static posture has been identified as a major risk factor for work-related neck and
upper limb disorders (WRNULD) in computer users. Previous research has mainly …

A comparison of posture and muscle activity during tablet computer, desktop computer and paper use by young children

LM Straker, J Coleman, R Skoss, BA Maslen… - Ergonomics, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Computers are now widely used by children. Tablet computers are becoming widely
available and promoted for use by school children. The primary objective of this study was to …

Health literacy and beliefs among a community cohort with and without chronic low back pain

AM Briggs, JE Jordan, R Buchbinder, AF Burnett… - Pain, 2010 - Elsevier
Health literacy, the ability to seek, understand and utilise health information, is important for
good health. Suboptimal health literacy has been associated with poorer health outcomes in …

Assessing sleep using hip and wrist actigraphy

JA Slater, T Botsis, J Walsh, S King, LM Straker… - Sleep and Biological …, 2015 - Springer
Wrist actigraphy is commonly used to measure sleep, and hip actigraphy is commonly used
to measure activity. It is unclear whether hip-based actigraphy can be used to measure …

Prevalence and associated factors for thoracic spine pain in the adult working population: a literature review

AM Briggs, P Bragge, AJ Smith, D Govil… - … of occupational health, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Prevalence and Associated Factors for Thoracic Spine Pain in the Adult Working Population:
A Literature Review: Andrew M. Briggs, et al. School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of …

[HTML][HTML] Low back pain in 17 year olds has substantial impact and represents an important public health disorder: a cross-sectional study

PB O'Sullivan, DJ Beales, AJ Smith, LM Straker - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background Prevalence of low back pain (LBP) rises rapidly during adolescence, reaching
adult levels by the age of 18. It has been suggested that adolescent LBP is benign with …