Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Westgaard, Rolf Harald"
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Autonomic and muscular responses and recovery to one-hour laboratory mental stress in healthy subjects
Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Sand, Trond; Stovner, Lars Jacob; Leistad, Rune Bang; Westgaard, Rolf Harald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007-08-14)Background: Stress is a risk factor for musculoskeletal pain. We wanted to explore stress related physiology in healthy subjects in order to gain insight into mechanisms of pain development which may relate to the ... -
Cardiovascular responses to cognitive stress in patients with migraine and tension-type headache
Leistad, Rune Bang; Sand, Trond; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Westgaard, Rolf Harald; Stovner, Lars Jacob (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the temporal relationship between autonomic changes and pain activation in migraine and tension-type headache induced by stress in a model relevant for everyday ... -
Daytime stress, shoulder/neck-pain, and the relation to nocturnal heart rate variability
Davidsen, Roar Oskar (Master thesis, 2011)Stress and musculoskeletal pain (MSP) may affect the regulation of the autonomic nervous system. Earlier studies have revealed that subjects with MSP show reduced heart rate variability (HRV) during sleep indicating an ... -
Discrepancies in assessing home care workers’ working conditions in a Norwegian home care service: differing views of stakeholders at three organizational levels
Andersen, Gunn Robstad; Westgaard, Rolf Harald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: The present study is a follow-up study of factors contributing to an undesirable quality of work environment and sick leave rate in the home care services in a Norwegian municipality. The underlying assumption is ... -
Sammenheng mellom økt arbeidsbelastning og muskelskjelettplager blant sykepleiere etter gjentatte effektiviseringsprosesser på sykehus
Gellein, Hanne (Master thesis, 2012)Background: Studies have shown that rationalization has an impact on workload, work demands as well as a negative effect on workers’ health. Rationalization in the health sector may have impacts on musculoskeletal and ... -
The Relation between Stress, Muscle Activity, and Shoulder/Neck Pain: a Long-Term Field Study on Health Care Workers
Holmemo, Ingvild Kiil (Master thesis, 2011)Background: Shoulder and neck pain (SNP) is one of the main causes for sick-leave, and the high prevalence affects occupations with both high, moderate and low workloads. At present, the knowledge about pain mechanisms in ... -
Trapezius activity of fibromyalgia patients is enhanced in stressful situations, but is similar to healthy controls in a quiet naturalistic setting: a case-control study
Westgaard, Rolf Harald; Mork, Paul Jarle; Lorås, Håvard Wuttudal; Riva, Roberto; Lundberg, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013) -
Trapezius activity of fibromyalgia patients is enhanced in stressful situations, but is similar to healthy controls in a quiet naturalistic setting: a case-control study
Westgaard, Rolf Harald; Mork, Paul Jarle; Lorås, Håvard Wuttudal; Riva, Roberto; Lundberg, Ulf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Muscle activity and pain development of fibromyalgia (FM) patients in response to mental stress show inconsistent results, when compared to healthy controls (HCs). A possible reason for the inconsistent results ... -
Understanding significant processes during work environment interventions to alleviate time pressure and associated sick leave of home care workers - a case study
Andersen, Gunn Robstad; Westgaard, Rolf Harald (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Ergonomic and work stress interventions rarely show long-term positive effect. The municipality participating in this study received orders from the Norwegian Labour Inspectorate due to an identified ...