CRE-MSD is pleased to announce that five new seed grants have been awarded funding:
Assessing
the
psychometric
properties,
usability,
and
health
literacy
requirements
of
an
online
diagnostic
tool
for
pre-clinical
identification
of
carpal
tunnel
syndrome
Researchers:
Joy
MacDermid,
Armaghan
Dabbagh,
Ruby
Grewal
(Western
University);
Tara
Packham
(McMaster
University)
Development
of
a
survey
to
explore
workplace
risk
factors
and
hazards
common
to
both
musculoskeletal
and
psychological
injury
Researchers:
Heather
Johnston,
Dwayne
Van
Eerd,
Emma
Irvin
(Institute
for
Work
&
Health)
Identifying
personal
determinants
of
lifting
strategy
among
paramedics
Researchers:
Daniel
Armstrong,
Steven
Fischer
(University
of
Waterloo)
Personal
and
workplace
characteristics
of
work-related
musculoskeletal
upper
extremity
injury
claims
across
Canada
from
2000-2019
Researchers:
Daanish
Mulla,
Peter
Keir
(McMaster
University)
Quantifying
worker
upper
extremity
and
trunk
exposures
in
helicopter
manufacturing
Researchers:
Alan
Cudlip,
Michael
Holmes,
Shawn
Beaudette
(Brock
University)