Research presentation
Jennie Jackson
Researcher
Research subject: Occupational Health Sciences
Email: jennie.jackson@hig.se
Telephone: +46 26 64 82 93
Doctoral candidate - defence: June 2, 2017
Master of Science — Biomechanics (2001), University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
CURRENT RESEARCH
Cost-effective measurement strategies for assessing physical exposures.
Current project
- Strategies for collecting accurate and precise data for the quantification of physical loads during work
- Quantification of motorvariability in physical exposures during work
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Cost-effective measurement of physical exposure data during work.
My PhD thesis focuses on quantifying aspects of validity and variability of three commonly employed measurement tools used to assess (occupational) exposures – electromyography (measurement of force/load), inclinometry (measurement of posture), and observation (measurement of posture) - and to provide recommendations to minimise systematic and random components of measurement error in future studies utilising said key tools.
Current projects
Low back EMG normalization: a comparison of methodologically induced variance across common employed sub-maximal and maximal voluntary contraction tasks
Responsible: Jennie Jackson
Previous research
- Estimating cumulative loading of the lumbar spine during occupational tasks using a posture matching technique
- The efficacy of an ergonomics training and ergonomic chair provision on self reported and measured physiological variables amongst call centre workers: an intervention study
- The effect of chair type and chair training on spinal loading during seated work
- Development on a model to estimate lumbar spinal loads during cycling in masters level road racers
- Work pace as a mediator of muscle activity levels in the trapezius muscle during light assembly
- Quantification of methodologically induced error during EMG normalization in the upper trapezius muscle.
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