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Carisa Harris Adamson

Asst Professor, University of California San Francisco/Berkeley
Verified email at berkeley.edu
Cited by 2128

Sit-stand workstations and impact on low back discomfort: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Agarwal, C Steinmaus, C Harris-Adamson - Ergonomics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Sit-stand workstations are proposed solutions to reduce sedentary time at
work. Numerous companies are using them to mitigate health concerns such as …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome in US working populations: pooled analysis of six prospective studies

AM Dale, C Harris-Adamson, D Rempel… - … journal of work …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives Most studies of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) incidence and prevalence among
workers have been limited by small sample sizes or restricted to a small subset of jobs. We …

Biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled study of 2474 workers

C Harris-Adamson, EA Eisen, J Kapellusch… - Occupational and …, 2015 - oem.bmj.com
Background Between 2001 and 2010, five research groups conducted coordinated
prospective studies of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) incidence among US workers from …

Personal and workplace psychosocial risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled study cohort

C Harris-Adamson, EA Eisen, AM Dale… - Occupational and …, 2013 - oem.bmj.com
Background Between 2001 and 2010, six research groups conducted coordinated multiyear,
prospective studies of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) incidence in US workers from various …

Potential of exoskeleton technologies to enhance safety, health, and performance in construction: Industry perspectives and future research directions

S Kim, A Moore, D Srinivasan, A Akanmu… - IISE Transactions on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS Work-related musculoskeletal injuries and disorders
remain an important problem in the construction industry. Exoskeletons are an emerging …

Failure of an engineered system: The gastrointestinal endoscope

AK Shergill, CH Adamson - Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2019 - Elsevier
Advances in endoscopic technology continue to expand the field of gastrointestinal
endoscopy. However, there have been no parallel advances in general endoscope design …

[HTML][HTML] An Introduction to the Special Issue on Occupational Exoskeletons

MA Nussbaum, BD Lowe, M de Looze… - IISE Transactions on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
As noted, the contributions provided in this issue are quite diverse. As an approach to
presenting these contributions, integrating them into the broader state of knowledge, and …

Evaluation of an adjustable support shoulder exoskeleton on static and dynamic overhead tasks

L Van Engelhoven, N Poon… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Overhead tasks increase the risk of work related musculoskeletal disorders to
industrial workers. A shoulder supporting exoskeleton with adjustable and angle dependent …

Experimental evaluation of a shoulder-support exoskeleton for overhead work: Influences of peak torque amplitude, task, and tool mass

L Van Engelhoven, N Poon, H Kazerooni… - IISE Transactions on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS In this study, we explored the effects of peak torque
amplitude (PTA) provided from a passive shoulder-support exoskeleton (shoulderX) on …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure–response relationships for the ACGIH threshold limit value for hand-activity level: results from a pooled data study of carpal tunnel syndrome

JM Kapellusch, FE Gerr, EJ Malloy, A Garg… - … journal of work …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective This paper aimed to quantify exposure–response relationships between the
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists'(ACGIH) threshold limit value …