Luiz Brusaca
Assistant Professor
About the researcher
Luiz Brusaca is a physiotherapist with a PhD in Physical Therapy. His research focuses on understanding how physical behaviors at work affect health and work-related outcomes. During his PhD, he studied office workers with obesity, combining technical measurements of physical behaviors with intervention research. He is particularly interested in the interplay between physical and psychosocial factors in the workplace and how these contribute to musculoskeletal disorders and sickness absence. In addition, he has interest in clinimetrics, the science of developing and validating instruments for measuring health-related constructs, and in applying these methods to develop, refine, or evaluate existing tools to improve their quality.
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Scholarly articles, refereed
Colucci, M., Cruz, J., Brusaca, L., de Oliveira Kawakami, D., Guimarães Araujo, G., Karloh, M., Mendes, R. & Pires Di Lorenzo, V. (2026). Early Post-Discharge Predictors of Sedentary Behavior Following COPD Exacerbation: An Observational Study. COPD, 23(1), Article 2600130. 10.1080/15412555.2025.2600130 [More information]
Ribeiro, R., Brusaca, L., Oliveira, A. & Castro, C. (2025). Construct validity analysis of need for recovery with 7 items (NFR-7). Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy, 29(s1), Article 101426 [More information]
Brusaca, L., Gupta, N., Hallman, D., Holtermann, A., Barbieri, D. & Oliveira, A. (2025). Does the intervention approach matter for improving 24-hour physical behaviours among overweight and obese Brazilian office workers?. BMC Public Health, 25(1), Article 2699. 10.1186/s12889-025-23957-w [More information]
Brusaca, L., Barbieri, D., Holtermann, A., Gupta, N. & Mathiassen, S. (2025). Exposure Variation Analysis (EVA): Past Applications, Present Use, and Future Challenges - A Narrative Review. IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, Epub ahead of print. 10.1080/24725838.2025.2573776 [More information]
Skovlund, S., Wester, C., Kyriakidis, S., Brusaca, L., Andersen, L., Sundstrup, E. & Rasmussen, C. (2025). Occupational physical behaviors and knee pain among eldercare workers: A prospective accelerometer study. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Epub ahead of print. 10.5271/sjweh.4260 [More information]
Barbieri, D., Brusaca, L., Mathiassen, S., Oliveira, A. & Srinivasan, D. (2023). Do sit-stand tables affect physical behavior and body composition similarly in normal-weight and overweight office workers? A pilot study. IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, 11(3-4), 81-93 [More information]
Brusaca, L., Hallman, D., Januario, L., Gupta, N., Oliveira, A. & Mathiassen, S. (2023). Working at the office or from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study of temporal patterns of sitting and non-sitting among normal-weight and overweight Brazilian office workers. Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors, 2, Article 28. 10.1186/s44167-023-00038-0 [More information]
Barbieri, D., Brusaca, L., Mathiassen, S., Srinivasan, D. & Oliveira, A. (2022). Effects on variation in shoulder, forearm and low back muscle activity from combining seated computer work with other productive office tasks: Results from a simulation study. Ergonomics, 65(6), 815-827 [More information]
Brusaca, L., Januario, L., Mathiassen, S., Barbieri, D., Oliveira, R., Heiden, M., Oliveira, A. & Hallman, D. (2022). Sedentary behaviour, physical activity, and sleep among office workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison of Brazil and Sweden. BMC Public Health, 22, Article 2196. 10.1186/s12889-022-14666-9 [More information]
Brusaca, L., Barbieri, D., Mathiassen, S., Holtermann, A. & Oliveira, A. (2021). Physical behaviours in Brazilian office workers working from home during the COVID‐19 pandemic, compared to before the pandemic: A compositional data analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), Article 6278. 10.3390/ijerph18126278 [More information]
Barbieri, D., Brusaca, L., Mathiassen, S. & Oliveira, A. (2020). Effects of time in sitting and standing on pleasantness, acceptability, fatigue and pain when using a sit-stand table: an experiment on overweight and normal-weight subjects. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 17(12), 1222-1230 [More information]
Scholarly articles, non-refereed
Colucci, M., Cruz, J., Brusaca, L., de Oliveira Kawakami, D., Guimarães Araujo, G., Karloh, M., Mendes, R. & Pires Di Lorenzo, V. (2026). Early Post-Discharge Predictors of Sedentary Behavior Following COPD Exacerbation: An Observational Study. Authors’ Responses. COPD, 23(1), Article 2641663. 10.1080/15412555.2026.2641663 [More information]
Conference papers
Lohne, F., Brusaca, L., Holtermann, A. & Gupta, N. (2025). Describing complex compositions of co-occurring ergonomic work exposures. [More information]
Brusaca, L., Barbieri, D., Holtermann, A., Gupta, N. & Mathiassen, S. (2025). Exposure Variation Analysis (EVA) in Ergonomics and Health: A Review of Applications, Methods, and Future Directions. [More information]
Gupta, N., Brusaca, L., Lohne, F., Sørensen, O. & Holtermann, A. (2025). From isolated physical and psychosocial work exposures to understanding their co-dependency and co-occurrence in time. [More information]
Brusaca, L., Lohne, F., Sørensen, O., Holtermann, A. & Gupta, N. (2025). Moving beyond single exposure: a new perspective on combined co-occurring ergonomic exposures. [More information]
Frost, A., Søgaard, K., Forsman, M., Andersen, L., Holtermann, A., Brusaca, L. & Gupta, N. (2025). Occupational arm movements and risk of neck- shoulder pain prospective followed for 1 year. [More information]
Frost, A., Søgaard, K., Forsman, M., Andersen, L., Holtermann, A., Brusaca, L. & Gupta, N. (2025). Occupational arm movements and risk of prospective neck-shoulder pain: An evaluation of a novel assessment method. [More information]
Januario, L., Brusaca, L., Ytterhölm, L., Mathiassen, S., Bergström, G. & Hallman, D. (2025). To which extent do eldercare workers born in and outside Sweden comply with EU-OSHA recommendations for physical activity at work. [More information]
Brusaca, L., Mathiassen, S., Gupta, N., Oliveira, A. & Hallman, D. (2025). To which extent does the sampling strategy influence the accuracy of group differences in 24-hour physical behavior compositions?. [More information]
Hallman, D., Brusaca, L., Mathiassen, S., Heiden, M. & Bergström, G. (2024). Impact of digital technology for work in different domains on 24-hour physical behaviors and sleep. [More information]
Brusaca, L., Januario, L., Mathiassen, S., Barbieri, D., Oliveira, R., Heiden, M., Oliveira, A. & Hallman, D. (2022). 24-hour compositions of physical (in)activity among office workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison between Brazil and Sweden. Proceedings of the ICAMPAM2022 conference. [More information]
Barbieri, D., Brusaca, L., Mathiassen, S., Srinivasan, D. & Oliveira, A. (2022). Can sit-stand table use influence physical behavior and body composition in office workers? A six-month intervention study. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. S. 495-496. [More information]
Brusaca, L., Mathiassen, S., Hallman, D., Gupta, N., Barbieri, D. & Oliveira, A. (2022). Temporal patterns of sitting and non-sitting in normal-weight and overweight Brazilian office workers working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the ICAMPAM2022 conference. [More information]
Brusaca, L., Barbieri, D., Mathiassen, S., Holtermann, A., Oliveira, R. & Oliveira, A. (2021). Effects of Working From Home During the Covid-19 Pandemic on Physical Behaviors Among Office Workers in Brazil. Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association conference 2021. Länk [More information]
Barbieri, D., Brusaca, L., Mathiassen, S., Srinivasan, D. & Oliveira, A. (2021). To Which Extent do Combinations of Office Tasks Influence Variation in Upper Extremity Muscle Activity? A Simulation Study. Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association conference 2021. Länk [More information]
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