WILLIAM S. MARRAS
CONTACT
SPINE RESEARCH INSTITUE The Ohio State University 1971 Neil Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210 e-mail: [email protected] phone: (614) 292-6670 website: spine.osu.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Major: Bioengineering and Ergonomics July 1982 Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan
M.S.I.E. Industrial Engineering Major: Human Factors Engineering June 1978 Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan
B.S. Systems Engineering - Human Factors Engineering June 1976 Wright State University Dayton, Ohio
HONORARY DEGREES
Dr. Sci. University of Waterloo (honoris causa) October 23, 2004 Waterloo, Ontario Canada
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LICENSURE
CPE Board Certified Ergonomist (Certified Professional Ergonomist) Certification Number 153
F. Erg. S. (Professional Ergonomics Registration) The Ergonomics Society United Kingdom
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2014 – 2017 Visiting Eminent Professor College of Engineering Texas A&M University
2014 to present Professor (Adjunct) Department of Neurosurgery The Ohio State University
2012 to present Executive Director and Scientific Director Spine Research Institute The Ohio State University
2007 to present Director Center for Occupational Health in Automotive Manufacturing (COHAM) The Ohio State University
2005 to present Professor (Adjunct) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery College of Medicine The Ohio State University
1998 to present Honda Chair Professor (endowed chair) College of Engineering The Ohio State University
1992 to present Professor Department of Integrated Systems Engineering The Ohio State University
Director Biodynamics Laboratory The Ohio State University
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Executive Director Institute for Ergonomics The Ohio State University
Professor (Adjunct) Department of Physical Medicine The Ohio State University
Professor (Adjunct) Department of Biomedical Engineering The Ohio State University
1987 to 1992 Associate Professor Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering The Ohio State University
Director Biodynamics Laboratory The Ohio State University
Associate Professor Department of Physical Medicine The Ohio State University
Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering Center The Ohio State University
1982 to 1987 Assistant Professor Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering The Ohio State University
Director Biodynamics Laboratory The Ohio State University
Assistant Professor Department of Physical Medicine The Ohio State University
1981 to 1982 Research Associate (Principal Investigator) Wayne State University Directing research on the biomechanics of back motion for the Rehabilitation Institute Foundation
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1978 to 1981 Instructor Wayne State University Taught probabilistic and statistical methods for engineers, Human Factors Engineering and Work Measurement
Research Associate Investigations of the Static Muscle Strength Control System (Sponsored by the U.S. Air Force)
Principal Investigator Strength Testing of Aging Effects (Sponsored by the Institute of Gerontology)
Co-Investigator Investigation of Dynamic Testing of Human Lifting Strength (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)
Military Ohio Air National Guard, 1971-1977 251st Headquarters Communication Group Rank: Sergeant, Honorable Discharge December 1977
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Ergonomics Society Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) International Ergonomics Association (IEA) International Foundation for Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Research (IFIESR) International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) North American Spine Society (NASS) New York Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering (NAE) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Society Service Delegate to NATO Symposium on Anthropometry and Biomechanics (1980) Chairman, Ergonomics Committee, Ohio Safety and Health Congress (1985-1987)
4 William S. Marras Page 5 Chairman, Ergonomics Division, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Fall Conference (1986) Chairman of Z-94 ANSI Subcommittee on Industrial Engineering Terminology for Anthropometry, Biomechanics and Human Factors (1985-1991) Research Officer, IIE Human Factors Technical Group (1987-1989) Ergonomics Committee, American Industrial Hygiene Association (1984-present) Assistant Program Chairman, American Industrial Hygiene Association (1989-1990) Board of Directors, Mid Central Ergonomics/Human Factors Conf. (1983-1987) Industrial Ergonomics Technical Group, Human Factors Society (1982-present) Chairman, Industrial Ergonomics Technical Group, Human Factors Society, (1989-1990) Program Chairman, Ergonomics Committee, American Industrial Hygiene Association (1989-1990) Chairman, Ergonomics Committee, American Industrial Hygiene Association (1990- 1991) Technical Program Chair, International Ergonomics Association World Conference '93 on Ergonomics of Materials Handling, June 14-17, 1993 Food Marketing Institute Ergonomics Task Force, (1989-1994) Technical Program Chair, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Industrial Ergonomics Technical Group (1996-1997) Executive Committee, Midwestern United States Representative, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) (2001-2004) Research Needs Committee co-chair (occupational issues) American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2001-2003) Outcomes Compendium Task Force, North American Spine Society (2003-2006) International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) Surgical Course Committee Co-Chair (2006-2012) HFES Delegate to IEA (chairman) 2006-2009 Executive Committee, Scientific Research Chair, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) (2004-2012) Secretary-Treasurer, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2007 Executive Council, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2006-2008 President Elect, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2014-2015 President, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2015-2016 Past President, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2016-2017
Editorial Board Service Editorial Board, Human Factors, 1986 - 1993, 1995 - present Editorial Board, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 1985 - 1993 Editorial Board (Advisory Editorial Board), Spine, 1993 - 2004 Medical Advisory Board, Healthwise, 2002-present Editorial Board (Associate Editorial Board), Spine, 2004 – 2005 Deputy Editor, Spine, 2006 – present Editorial Board, Clinical Biomechanics, 1995-present Editorial Board, Occupational Ergonomics, 1996-present Editorial Board, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 1998-present
5 William S. Marras Page 6 Advisory Board, Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 1999-present Editorial Board, The Spine Journal, 2000-present Editorial Board, European Spine Journal, 2007-present Editorial Board, Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing, 1997-present Department Editor (Ergonomics and Human Factors), IIE Transactions, 1992-1996 Consulting Editor, Ergonomics, 1998-2007 Senior Editor, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 2000-present Associate Editor, Human Factors, 2001-2009 Editor-in-Chief, Human Factors, 2010 – 2013 Track Editor, Human Factors, 2014 – present
Government/National Service Integrated Ergonomic Modeling Committee, National Academy of Sciences (1985-1986) NIOSH-SOH Study Section, Proposal Reviewer (1991- 1998) National Academies (National Research Council) Steering Committee on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (1998-1999) Member, National Academies (National Research Council) Committee on Human Factors (1999-2012) Member, National Academies (National Research Council/Institute of Medicine) Musculoskeletal Disorders Committee, (1999-2001) Chair, National Academies (National Research Council) Committee on Human Factors (2006-2008) Member, National Academies (National Research Council) Recruitment of Youth in the Military Committee (2004-2006) Member, NIOSH–North American Research Agenda (NORA) Musculoskeletal Committee (1997-2003) Chair, National Academies (National Research Council) Committee on Human-Systems Integration (2009-2010) NIOSH–North American Research Agenda (NORA II) Manufacturing Sector Committee (2010 - 2011) Chair, National Academies (National Research Council) Board on Human-Systems Integration (2010-2011) Member, The National Academies (National Academy of Engineering) Soldier Systems Panel (2009-present) Member, The National Academies, (National Research Council) Advisory Committee Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) (2012-2017) Member, National Academies (National Academy of Engineering) peer review committee (2011-2014) Chair, National Academies, (National Research Council) Essential Components of Self- Escape in Mining Committee (2011- 2013) Member, National Academies Panel on Ballistics Science and Engineering at the Army Research Laboratory (2013-2016) Member, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program Advisory Board (October 1, 2015- September 30, 2018) Member, NIOSH–North American Research Agenda (NORA III) Musculoskeletal Health (MUS) Council (2016 - present)
6 William S. Marras Page 7 Member, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Technical Advisory Board, Army Research Laboratory (2017-present) Chair, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Technical Advisory Board, Army Research Laboratory, Human Sciences Panel (2017-present) Chair, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Technical Advisory Board, Army Research Office (2019-present)
University Service Biomedical Engineering Center Coordinating Committee, The Ohio State University (1982-1988) Graduate Faculty (Category III), The Ohio State University, 1983 College of Engineering's Intellectual Property Council (2003-present) College of Engineering Research Committee (2000-present) University College of Engineering Dean Search Committee (2003) Search Committee for Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery Department (2006) Faculty Advisory Committee, Center for Automotive Research (CAR) 2007-2010 College of Engineering Promotion and Tenure Committee (2007-2009) College of Engineering Dean Search Committee (2009-2011) College Center Directors Committee (2011-2013) College Research Committee (2013-present) University Senate (2015-2017) University Research Committee (2017-2020)
HONORS
Fellow Fellow, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Santa Monica, CA (1995) Fellow, Ergonomics Society, Loughborough, UK (1999) Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (1999) Fellow, International Ergonomics Association (IEA), (2007) Fellow, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), (2010) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2013) Fellow and Eminent Scholar, Texas Institute for Advanced Study (TIAS) (2015)
International Awards 1993 Volvo Award for Low Back Pain Research: Bioengineering, Gotenborg, Sweden 1993 Vienna Award for Physical Medicine, Vienna, Austria Best Paper Award (2000), The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Adelaide, Australia 2002 Volvo Award for Low Back Pain Research in Biomechanics, Gotenborg, Sweden 2002 Outstanding Poster Award, North American Spine Society, Montreal, Canada
7 William S. Marras Page 8 2003 Best Poster Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada 2003 Liberty Mutual Prize in Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, International Ergonomics Association, Seoul, Korea 2004 Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, Waterloo University, Ontario Canada 2013 Liberty Mutual Award (best paper published in Ergonomics in 2012) “A strategy for human factors/ergonomics: developing the discipline and profession.” Jan Dul, Ralph Bruder, Peter Buckle, Pascale Carayon, Pierre Falzon, William S. Marras, John R. Wilson & Bas van der Doelen
National Awards 1992 Dr. David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta GA Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award (1999), The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Houston, TX 2003 Alice Hamilton Science Award, (Outstanding Scientific Publication) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Washington, D.C. 2003 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Achievement Award, Wayne State University, Detroit,MI Wayne State University College of Engineering Hall of Fame (inducted 2003) 2004 Bernice Owen Award for Research, Orlando, FL National Academy of Engineering (elected 2009) 2009 Paul M. Fitts Education Award, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Santa Monica, CA 2010 Wright State University Outstanding Alumni Award 2019 Alice Hamilton Science Award, (Honorable Mention), Engineering and Control
Ohio State University Awards 1987 College of Engineering Research Award Battelle Professor (1986-1987) 1992 College of Engineering Lumley Research Award 1996 College of Engineering Lumley Research Award Designated Chair of the Biodynamics Laboratory sponsored by NCR Corporation, Atlanta GA (1993-1996) Honda Endowed Chair in Transportation (Ergonomics) (1998-present) 2004 College of Engineering Lumley Research Award The Clara M. and Peter L. Scott Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (2009) 2017 Distinguished Scholar Award
PATENTS
Apparatus for Monitoring Motion Components of the Spine Patent No. 5,012,819
8 William S. Marras Page 9 Apparatus for Monitoring the Motion of the Lumbar Spine Patent No. 5,094,249
Apparatus for Monitoring the Motion Components of the Spine Patent No. 5,143,088
CONSULTING (selected)
FORD Motor Company, Dearborn, MI National Beef Packing Company, Liberal, KS Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Washington D.C. U. S. Department of Labor, Philadelphia, PA Industrial Commission of Ohio, Columbus, OH Institute for Behavioral Medicine, Providence, RI National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH RCA Corporation, Columbus OH PPG Industries, Delaware OH Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Washington D.C. Ross Laboratories, Columbus, OH Ametek Electric, Cambridge & Kent, OH, Racine WI, Grahm NC, Woostock NY Big Bear Food Warehouse, Columbus, OH National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Washington D.C. Hanaford Brothers Food Distribution, Portland ME Steelcase, Grand Rapids, MI (Scientific Advisory Board) Biomec, Cleveland, OH (Scientific Advisory Board) Creative Ergonomic Solutions, Detroit, MI, (Board of Directors) Honda of America, Marysville, OH Liberty Pacific Medical Imaging, Seattle, WA, (Scientific Advisory Board) The Limited (Columbus, OH) Target Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) Sears, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) Safeway, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) Costco, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) Healthwise (Medical Reviewer) (Boise, ID)
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journals (as of March, 2020)
ISI h-index: 50; over 8,500 citations Google h-index: 76; over 21,000 citations
9 William S. Marras Page 10 1. Marras, W. S., and K. H. E. Kroemer, (1980), "A Method to Evaluate Human Factors/Ergonomics Design Variables of Distress Signals," Human Factors, 22(4), 389- 400.
2. Kroemer, K. H. E. and W. S. Marras, (1980), "Ergonomics of Visual Emergency Signals," Journal of Applied Ergonomics, 11(3), 137-144.
3. Kroemer, K. H. E. and W. S. Marras, (1980), "Towards an Objective Assessment of the Maximal Voluntary Contraction Component in Routine Muscle Strength Measurements," European Journal of Applied Physiology, 45, 1-9.
4. Kroemer, K. H. E., and W. S. Marras, (1981), "Evaluation of Maximal and Sub-Maximal Static Muscle Exertions," Human Factors, 23(6), 643-654.
5. Marras, W. S., King, A. I., and R. L. Joynt, (1984), "Measurements of Loads on the Lumbar Spine Under Isometric and Isokinetic Conditions," Spine, 9(2), 176-188.
6. Marras, W. S., Joynt, R. L., and A. I. King, (1985), "The Force Velocity Relation and Intra-abdominal Pressure During Lifting Activities," Ergonomics, 23(3), 603-613.
7. Marras, W. S., and T. H. Rockwell, (1986), "An Experimental Evaluation of Method and Tool Effects in Spike Maul Use," Human Factors, 28(3), 267-281.
8. Rockwell, T. H., and W. S. Marras, (1986), "An Evaluation of Tool Design and Method of Use of Railroad Leverage Tools on Back Stress and Tool Performance," Human Factors, 28(3) 303-315.
9. Marras, W. S., and P. E. Wongsam, (1986), "Flexibility and Velocity of the Normal and Impaired Lumbar Spine," Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 67, 213-217.
10. Marras, W. S., Wongsam, P. E., and S. L. Rangarajulu, (1986), "Trunk Motion During Lifting: The Relative Cost," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 1(2), 103-113.
11. Marras, W. S., Rangarajulu, S. L., and P. E. Wongsam, (1987), "Trunk Force Development During Static and Dynamic Lifts," Human Factors, 29(1), 19-29.
12. Marras, W. S., (1987), "Trunk Motion During Lifting: Temporal Relations Among Loading Factors," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 1(3), 159-167.
13. Marras, W. S., Rangarajulu, S. L. and S. A. Lavender, (1987), "Trunk Loading and Expectation," Ergonomics, 30(3), 551-562.
14. Kim, J. Y. and W. S. Marras, (1987), "Quantitative Trunk Muscle Electromyography During Lifting at Different Speeds," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 1(3), 219-229.
15. Treaster, D., and W. S. Marras, (1987), "Measurement of Seat and Back Pressure Distributions," Human Factors, 29(5), 563-575.
10 William S. Marras Page 11 16. Marras, W. S., Bobick, T. G., Lavender, S. A., Rockwell, T. H., and R. L. Lundquist, (1988), "Risks of Hand Tool Injury in U.S. Underground Mining from 1978 through 1983, Part I: Coal Mining," Journal of Safety Research, 19, 71-85.
17. Marras, W. S., Lavender, S. A., Bobick, T. G., Rockwell, T. H., and R. L. Lundquist, (1988), "Risks of Hand Tool Injury in U.S. Underground Mining from 1978 through 1983, Part II: Metal-Non Metal Mining," Journal of Safety Research, 19, 115-124.
18. Marras, W. S., and C. H. Reilly, (1988), "Networks of Internal Trunk Loading Activities Under Controlled Trunk Motion Conditions," Spine, 13(6), 661-667.
19. Marras, W. S., (1988), "Predictions of Forces Acting Upon the Lumbar Spine Under Isometric and Isokinetic Conditions: A Model-Experiment Comparison," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 3(1), 19-27.
20. Gallagher, S., Marras, W. S., and T. G. Bobick, (1988), "Lifting in Stooped and Kneeling Postures: Effects on Lifting Capacity, Metabolic Costs and Electromyography of Eight Trunk Muscles," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 3(1), 65-76.
21. Reilly, C. H., and W. S. Marras, (1989), "SIMULIFT: A Simulation Model of Human Trunk Motion During Lifting," Spine, 14(1), 5-11.
22. Lavender, S. A., Mirka, G. A., Schoenmarklin, R. W., Sommerich, C. M., Sudhaker, L. R., and W. S. Marras, (1989), "An Investigation into the Effects of Preview and Symmetry on Trunk Loading," Human Factors, 31(1) 101-115.
23. Schoenmarklin, R. W. and W. S. Marras, (1989), "Effects of Angle and Work Orientation on Hammering: I. Wrist Motion and Hammering Performance," Human Factors, 31(4), 397-411.
24. Schoenmarklin, R. W. and W. S. Marras, (1989), "Effects of Angle and Work Orientation on Hammering: II. Muscle Fatigue and Subjective Ratings of Body Discomfort," Human Factors, 31(4), 413-420.
25. Gray, B. A., and W. S. Marras, (1989), "An Experimental Analysis of Railroad Spike Maul Methods," Human Factors, 31(3), 335-344.
26. Marras, W. S. and G. A. Mirka, (1989), "Trunk Strength During Asymmetric Trunk Motion," Human Factors, 31(6), 667-677.
27. Mirka, G. A. and W. S. Marras, (1990), "Lumbar Motion Response to a Constant Load Velocity Lift," Human Factors, 32(4), 493-501.
28. Marras, W. S. and G. A. Mirka, (1990), " Trunk Responses to Asymmetric Acceleration," Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 8(6), 824-832.
29. Lavender, S. A. and W. S. Marras, (1990), "An Electromyographic Analysis of an Ergonomic Intervention with the Jack Leg Drill," Applied Ergonomics, 21(2), 90-100.
11 William S. Marras Page 12 30. Marras, W.S., (1990), "A Guide to Industrial Applications of Electromyography," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 6, 89-93.
31. Kroemer, K. H. E., Marras, W. S., McGlothlin, J. D., McIntyre, D. R., and M. Nordin, (1990), "On the Measurement of Human Strength," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 6, 199-210.
32. Ahern, D. K., Follick, M. J., Lucas, P., Parziale, J., Marras, W. S., Wilkin D. and Wolf, S., (1990), "Interdisciplinary perspectives on mechanisms and management of low back pain," Rhode Island Medical Journal, January, 21-31.
33. Marras, W. S. and Ferguson, S. A. and Simon S. R. (1990), "Three dimensional dynamic motor performance of the normal trunk," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 6, 211-224.
34. Marras, W. S. and S. A. Lavender, (1991), "The Effects of Method of Use, Tool Design, and Roof Height on Trunk Muscle Activities During Underground Scaling Bar Use," Ergonomics, 34(2), 221-232.
35. Marras, W. S. and Sommerich, C. M., (1991), "A Three Dimensional Motion Model Of Loads On The Lumbar Spine, Part I: Model Structure," Human Factors, 33(2), 123-137.
36. Marras, W. S. and Sommerich, C. M., (1991), "A Three Dimensional Motion Model Of Loads On The Lumbar Spine, Part II: Model Validation," Human Factors, 33(2), 139- 149.
37. Marras, W. S. (1991), "A Model for the Objective Assessment of Automobile Restraint Systems," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 8(1), 59-65.
38. Marras, W. S. and G. A. Mirka, (1992), "A Comprehensive Evaluation of Asymmetric Trunk Motions," Spine 17(3), 318-326.
39. Marras, W.S. Fathallah, F., Miller R.J., Davis S.W. and G.A. Mirka (1992), "Accuracy of a Three Dimensional Lumbar Motion Monitor for Recording Dynamic Trunk Motion Characteristics," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 9(1), 75-87.
40. Sommerich, C.M. and W.S. Marras (1992), "Temporal Patterns of Trunk Muscle Activity Throughout a Dynamic, Asymmetric Lifting Motion," Human Factors, 34(2), 215-230.
41. Ferguson S.A., W.S. Marras and T.R. Waters (1992), "Quantification of Back Motion During Asymmetric Lifting," Ergonomics, 35(7/8), 845-859.
42. Ferguson, S.A., and Marras W.S. (1992), “Quantification of Velocity Coupling During Asymmetric Lifting,” International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 10, 207-215.
43. Lavender, S.A., Marras, W.S., and R.A. Miller (1993), "The Development of Preparatory Response Strategies in Anticipation of Sudden Loading to the Torso," Spine, 18(14), 2097-2105.
12 William S. Marras Page 13 44. Sommerich, C.M., McGlothlin, J.D., and W.S. Marras (1993), "Occupational Risk Factors Associated with Soft Tissue Disorders of the Shoulder: A review of Recent Investigations in the Literature,” Ergonomics, 36(6), 697-717.
45. Marras, W. S., McGlothlin, J. D., McIntyre, D. R., Nordin, M., and Kroemer, K. H. E., (1993), "Dynamic Measures of Low Back Performance," American Industrial Hygiene Association Ergonomics Guide, ISBN 0-932627-52-8, Stock No. 174-ER-93.
46. Marras, W.S. and Schoenmarklin, R.W., (1993), “Wrist Motion in Industry,” Ergonomics, 36(4), 341-351.
47. Schoenmarklin, R.W. and Marras, W.S., (1993), "Dynamic Capabilities of the Wrist Joint in Industrial Workers," International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 11(3), 207-224.
48. Marras, W.S., Lavender, S.A, Leurgans, S., Rajulu, S., Allread, W.G., Fathallah F. and Ferguson, S.A., (1993), “The Role of Dynamic Three Dimensional Trunk Motion in Occupationally-Related Low Back Disorders: The Effects of Workplace Factors, Trunk Position and Trunk Motion Characteristics on Injury,” Spine, 18(5), 617-628.
49. Granata, K.P. and W.S. Marras, (1993), “An EMG-Assisted Model of Loads on the Lumbar Spine During Asymmetric Trunk Extensions,” Journal of Biomechanics, 26(12), 1429-1438.
50. Marras, W.S. and Kim, J. Y. (1993), “Anthropometry of Industrial Populations,” Ergonomics, 36(4), 371-378.
51. Marras, W.S. and G.A. Mirka, (1993), “Electromyographic Studies of the Lumbar Trunk Musculature During the Generation of Low Level Trunk Acceleration,” Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 11(6), 811-817.
52. Mirka G.A., and Marras, W.S. (1993), “A Stochastic Model of Trunk Muscle Activities During Trunk Bending,” Spine, Volvo Award for Low Back Pain Research, 18(11), 1396-1409.
53. Lavender, S.A, and Marras, W.S. (1993),"The Use of Turnover Rate as a Passive Surveillance Indicator For Potential Low Back Disorders," Ergonomics, 37(6), 971-978.
54. Marras. W.S., Parnianpour, M., Ferguson, S.A., Kim, J.Y., Crowell, R.R., and Simon, S.R. (1993), "Quantification and Classification of Low Back Disorders Based on Trunk Motion," European Journal of Physical Medicine; Vienna Physical Medicine Award 1993, 3(6), 218-235.
55. Gallagher, S., Hamrick, C. A., Love, A. C. and Marras, W. S., (1994), "Dynamic Biomechanical Modeling of Symmetric and Asymmetric Lifting Tasks in Restricted Postures,” Ergonomics, 37(8), 1289-1310.
56. Kim, J.Y., Stuart-Buttle, C., and Marras W.S. (1994), “The Effects of Mats on Back and Leg Fatigue,” Applied Ergonomics, 25(1), 29-34.
13 William S. Marras Page 14 57. Schoenmarklin, R.W., Marras, W.S., and Leurgans S.E. (1994), "Industrial Wrist Motions and Risk of Cumulative Trauma Disorders in Industry," Ergonomics, 37(9), 1449-1459.
58. Marras, W.S., Parnianpour, M. Kim, J.Y., Ferguson, S.A., Crowell, R.R, and Simon, S.R. (1994) "A Normal Database of Dynamic Trunk Motion Characteristics During Repetitive Trunk Flexion and Extension as A Function of Task Asymmetry, Age and Gender," IEEE Transactions, 2(3), 137-146.
59. Marras, W.S., Lavender, S.A, Leurgans, S., Fathallah F., Allread, W.G., Ferguson, S.A., and Rajulu, S. (1995), “Biomechanical Risk Factors for Occupationally Related Low Back Disorder Risk,” Ergonomics, 38(2), 377-410.
60. Lavender, S.A., and Marras W.S. (1995), “The Effects of Temporal Warning Stimulus on the Biomechanical Preparations for Sudden Loading,” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 5(1) 45-56.
61. Marras, W.S., Schoenmarklin, R.W., Greenspan, G. J., and K.R. Lehman (1995), "Quantification of Wrist Motions During Scanning," Human Factors, 37(2) 412-423.
62. Parnianpour, M., Kaushik, G., Barin, K., and Marras, W.S. (1995) "Quantification of Trunk Motion in Response to Complex Platform Perturbations While Holding Weights in an Upright Posture," IEEE Transactions, (in review).
63. Marras, W.S., Parnianpour, M., Ferguson, S.A., Kim, J.Y., Crowell, R.R, Bose, S and Simon, S.R. (1995), "The Classification of Anatomic and Symptom Based Low Back Disorders Using Motion Measure Models," Spine, 20(23), 2531-2546.
64. Marras, W.S. and Granata, K.P. (1995), "A Biomechanical Assessment and Model of Axial Twisting in the Thoraco-Lumbar Spine," Spine, 20(13), 1440-1451.
65. Granata, K.P. and Marras, W.S. (1995), "An EMG-Assisted Model of Trunk Loading during Free-Dynamic Lifting," J. Biomechanics, 28(11), 1309-1317.
66. Granata, K.P., and Marras, W.S. (1995), "The Influence of Trunk Muscle Coactivity Upon Dynamic Spinal Loads," Spine, 20(8), 913-919.
67. Fathallah, F., Marras, W.S., and Wright, L.P. (1995), "Diurnal Changes in Trunk Motion Throughout the Day," J. Spinal Disorders, 8(1), 20-25.
68. Marras, W.S. and Mirka G.A. (1996), “Intraabdominal Pressure During Extension Motions,” Clinical Biomechanics, 11(5), 267-274.
69. Allread, W.G., Marras, W.S., and Parnianpour, M. (1996), "Trunk Kinematics Of One- Handed Lifting And Effects Of Asymmetry And Load Weight," Ergonomics, 39(2) 322- 334.
14 William S. Marras Page 15 70. Kim, J.Y., Parnianpour, M., and Marras W.S. (1996) “Quantitative Assessment Of The Control Capability Of The Trunk Muscles During Oscillatory Bending Motion Under A New Experimental Protocol,” Clinical Biomechanics, 11(7), 385-391.
71. Sommerich, C.M., Marras, W.S. and Parnianpour, M. (1996), “A Quantitative Description Of Typing Biomechanics,” Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 6(1), 33-55.
72. Sommerich, C.M., Marras, W.S. and Parnianpour, M. (1996), “Observations On The Relationship Between Key Strike Force And Typing Speed,” American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 57, 1109-1114.
73. Granata, K. P., Marras, W.S., and Fathallah (1996) “A Method For Measuring External Loads During Dynamic Lifting Exertions,” Journal of Biomechanics, 29(9), 1219-1222.
74. Granata, K.P., Marras, W.S. and Davis K. G. (1997) “Biomechanical Assessment Of Lifting Dynamics, Muscle Activity And Spinal Loads While Using Three Different Styles Of Lifting Belt,” Clinical Biomechanics, 12(2), 107-115.
75. Zurada, J., Karwowski, W., and Marras W.S. (1997) “A Neural Network-Based System For Classification Of Industrial Jobs With Respect To Risk Of Low Back Disorders Due To Workplace Design,” Applied Ergonomics, 28(1), 49-58.
76. Marras, W.S., and Granata, K.P. (1997), "An EMG-Assisted Model of Trunk Lateral Bending," J. Biomechanics, 30(7), 697-703.
77. Ferguson, S.A. and Marras, W.S. (1997) “A Review of Low Back Disorder Assessment Methods And Risk Factors,” Clinical Biomechanics, 12(4), 211-226.
78. Lee, C.C., Nelson, E, Davis, K and Marras, W.S. (1997), “An Ergonomic Comparison of Industrial Spray Paint Guns,” International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 19, 425- 435.
79. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., and Crowell, R.R. (1997) “Dynamic Low Back Functional Motion Capacity Evaluation,” Journal of Occupational Rehab. 6, 203-214.
80. Sparto P.J., Parnianpour M., Marras W.S., Granata K.P., Reinsel T.E., Simon S.R. (1997) “Neuromuscular Trunk Performance And Spinal Loading During A Fatiguing Isometric Trunk Extension With Varying Torque Requirements,” Journal of Spinal Disorders, 10(2), 145-156.
81. Marras W.S. and Granata K.P. (1997) “The Development Of An EMG-Assisted Model To Assess Spine Loading During Whole-Body Free-Dynamic Lifting,” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 7(4), 259-268.
82. Fathallah, F.A., Marras, W.S., Parnianpour M., and Granata K.P. (1997) “A Method For Measuring External Spinal Loads During Whole-Body Free-Dynamic Lifting,” Journal of Biomechanics, 30(9), 975-978.
15 William S. Marras Page 16 83. Davis, K., Kirking, B., Gaudes, L., Jay, W., and Marras, W.S. (1997), “The Influence Of Load Moment And Visual Perception On Psychophysically Determined Acceptable Lifting Weight,” Human Factors, 39(2), 312-322.
84. Marras, W.S. and Granata, K.P. (1997) “Loads On The Lumbar Spine During Repetitive Lifting,” Spine, 22(21), 2564-2570.
85. Marras, W.S., Granata, K.P., Davis, K.G., Allread, W.G., and Jorgensen M.J. (1997), “Spine Loading And Probability Of Low Back Disorder Risk As A Function Of Box Location On A Pallet,” International Journal of Human Factors in Manufacturing, 7(4), 323-336.
86. Davis, K.G., Marras, W.S., and Waters, T.R. (1997), “Evaluation Of Spinal Loading During Lowering And Lifting,” Clinical Biomechanics, 13(3) 141-152.
87. Fathallah, F.A., Marras, W.S., and Parnianpour M. (1997) “The Effect of Complex Dynamic Lifting and Lowering Characteristics on Trunk Muscles Recruitment,” Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 7(3), 121-138.
88. Sparto P.J., Parnianpour M., Marras W.S., Granata K.P., Reinsel T.E., Simon S.R. (1998) “The Effect Of EMG-Force Relationships And Method Of Gain Estimation On The Predictions Of An EMG-Driven Model Of Spinal Loading,” Spine, 23(4), 423-429.
89. Fathallah, F.A., Marras, W.S., and Parnianpour M. (1998) “An Assessment Of Complex Spinal Loads During Dynamic Lifting Tasks,” Spine, 23(6), 706-716.
90. Fathallah, F.A., Marras, W.S., and Parnianpour M. (1998) “The Role Of Complex, Simultaneous Trunk Motions In The Risk Of Occupationally-Related Low Back Disorders,” Spine, 23(9), 1035-1042.
91. Bridger, R.S., Sparto, P., and Marras, W.S. (1998), “Spade Design, Lumbar Motions Risk Of Low-Back Injury And Digging Posture,” Occupational Ergonomics, 1(3), 157-172.
92. Marras, W.S., and Davis, K. G., (1998) “Spine Loading During Asymmetric Lifting Using One vs. Two Hands,” Ergonomics, 41(6), 817-834.
93. Marras, W.S., Davis, K.G., and Granata, K.P. (1998) “Trunk Muscle Activities During Asymmetric Twisting Motions,” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 8(4), 247- 256.
94. Sommerich, C.M., Marras, W.S., and Parnianpour, M. (1998) “A Method for Developing Biomechanical Profiles of Hand-Intensive Tasks,” Clinical Biomechanics, 13, 261-271.
95. Davis, K.G., Marras, W.S., and Waters, T.R. (1998) “Reduction of Spinal Loads Through the use of Handles,” Ergonomics, 41(8), 1155-1168.
96. Schoenmarklin R.W. and W.S. Marras (1999), "A Three-Dimensional EMG Assisted Dynamic Model of the Wrist Joint," Journal of Biomechanics, (in review).
16 William S. Marras Page 17 97. Marras, W.S., Fine. L.J., Ferguson, S.A. and Waters, T.R. (1999), “The Effectiveness of commonly used lifting assessment methods to identify industrial jobs associated with elevated risk of low-back disorders,” Ergonomics, 42(1), 229-245.
98. Granata, K.P., and Marras, W.S., (1999) “Relation Between Spinal Load Factors and the High Risk Probability Of Occupational Low Back Disorder,” Ergonomics, 42(9), 1187- 1199.
99. Marras, W.S., Granata, K.P. and Davis, K.G. (1999) “Variability in Spine Loading Model Performance,” Clinical Biomechanics, 14(8), 505-514.
100. Granata, K.P., Marras, W.S., and Davis, K.G. (1999) “Variation in Spinal Load and Trunk Dynamics during Repeated Lifting Exertions,” Clinical Biomechanics, 14, 367-375.
101. Marras, W.S., Davis, K.G., Kirking, B.C. and Bertsche P.K. (1999) “A Comprehensive Analysis of Low Back Disorder Risk and Spinal Loading During The Transferring and Repositioning of Patients Using Different Techniques,” Ergonomics, 42(7), 904-926.
102. Marras, W.S., Granata, K.P., Davis, K.G., Allread, W.G. and Jorgensen, M.J. (1999) “The Effects of Box Features on Spine Loading During Order Selecting,” Ergonomics, 42(7), 980-996.
103. Marras, W.S., Davis, K.G., Kirking, B.C. and Granata, K.P. (1999) “Spine Loading and Trunk Kinematics During Team Lifting,” Ergonomics, 42(10), 1258-1273.
104. Marras, W.S., Ferguson, S.A., Gupta, P., Bose, S., Parnianpour, M., Kim, J., and Crowell, R.R. (1999) “The Quantification of Low Back Disorder Using Motion Measures: Methodology and Validation,” Spine, 24(20), 2091-2100.
105. Jorgensen, M.J., Marras, W.S., Granata, K.P., and Wiand, B. (2001) “MRI-Derived Moment-Arms of the Female and Male Spine Loading Muscles,” Clinical Biomechanics, 16(3), 182-193.
106. Jorgensen, M.J. Davis, K.G., Kirking, B.C., Lewis, K.E., and Marras, W.S. (1999) “Significance of Biomechanical and Physiological Variables During the Determination of Maximum Acceptable Weight of Lift,” Ergonomics, 42(9), 1216-1232.
107. Fathallah, F.A., Marras, W.S., and Parnianpour, M. (1999) “Regression Models for Predicting Peak and Continuous Three-Dimensional Spinal Loads During Symmetric and Asymmetric Lifting Tasks,” Human Factors, 41(3), 373-388.
108. Marras, W.S., Lewis, K.E., Ferguson, S.A., and Parnianpour, M. (2000) “Impairment Magnification During Dynamic Trunk Motions,” Spine, 25(5), 587-595.
109. Davis, K.G., Jorgensen, M.J. and Marras, W.S. (2000) “An Investigation of Perceived Exertion via Whole Body Exertion and Direct Muscle Force Indicators During the Determination of the Maximum Acceptable Weight of Lift,” Ergonomics, 43(2), 143-159.
17 William S. Marras Page 18 110. Jorgensen, M.J. and Marras, W.S. (2000) “ The Effect of Lumbar Back Support Tension on Trunk Muscle Activity,” Clinical Biomechanics, 15(4) 292-294.
111. Marras, W.S., Jorgensen, M.J. and Davis, K.G. (2000) “The Effect of Foot Movement and an Elastic Lumbar Back Support on Spinal Loading During Free-Dynamic Symmetric and Asymmetric Lifting Exertions,” Ergonomics, 43(5), 653-668.
112. Allread, W.G., Marras, W.S. and Burr, D. (2000) “Measuring Trunk Motions in Industry: Variability due to task factors, individual differences, and the amount of data collected,” Ergonomics, 43(6), 691-701.
113. Granata, K.P and Marras, W.S. (2000) “Cost-Benefit of Muscle Cocontraction in Protecting Against Spinal Instability,” Spine, 25(11), 1398-1404.
114. Nelson, J.E., Treaster, D.E., Marras, W.S. (2000) “Finger Motion, Wrist Motion and Tendon Travel as a Function of Keyboard Angles,” Clinical Biomechanics, 15 (7), 489- 498.
115. Treaster, D.E., Marras, W.S. (2000) “An Assessment of Alternate Keyboards Using Finger Motion, Wrist Motion and Tendon Travel,” Clinical Biomechanics, 15 (7), 499-503.
116. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., and P. Gupta (2000) “Longitudinal Quantitative Measures of the Natural Course of Low Back Pain Recovery,” Spine, 25(15), 1950-1956.
117. Marras, W.S., Allread, W.G., Burr, D.L., and F.A. Fathallah (2000) “A Prospective Validation of a Low-Back Disorder Risk Model and an Assessment of Ergonomic Interventions Associated with Manual Materials Handling Tasks,” Ergonomics, 43 (11), 1866-1886.
118. Marras, W.S., Davis, K.G., Heaney, C.A., Maronitis, A.B., and W.G. Allread (2000) “The Influence of Psychosocial Stress, Gender, and Personality on Mechanical Loading of the Lumbar Spine, Spine, 25 (23), 3045-3054.
119. Marras, W.S. (2000) “Occupational Low Back Disorder Causation and Control,” Ergonomics, 43(7), 880-902.
120. Davis, K.G. and Marras, W.S. (2000) “Assessment of the Relationship between Box Weight and Trunk Kinematics: Does a Reduction in Box Weight Necessarily Correspond to a Decrease in Spinal Loading?” Human Factors, 42(2), 195-208.
121. Kovacs, K.M., Marras, W.S., Litsky, A.S., Gupta, P., and S.A. Ferguson (2001) “Localized Oxygen Use of Healthy and Low Back Pain Individuals During Controlled Trunk Movements” Journal of Spinal Disorders, 14(2) 150-158.
122. Marras, W.S. and Davis, K.G. (2001) “A Non-MVC EMG Normalization Technique for the Trunk Musculature: Part 1. Method Development” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 11(1) 1-9.
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123. Marras, W.S., Davis, K.G., and A.B. Maronitis (2001) “A Non-MVC EMG Normalization Technique for the Trunk Musculature: Part 2. Validation and Use to Predict Spinal Loads” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 11(1) 11-18.
124. Davis, K.G. and Marras, W.S. (2000) “The Effects of Motion on Trunk Biomechanics” Clinical Biomechanics 15 (10), 703-717.
125. Marras, W.S., Jorgensen, M.J., Granata, K.P., and Wiand, B. (2001) “Female and Male Trunk Geometry: Size and Prediction of the Spine Loading Trunk Muscles Derived from MRI,” Clinical Biomechanics, 16, 38-46.
126. Jorgensen, M.J., Marras, W.S., Granata, K.P. and Wiand, B. (2001) “MRI-Derived Moment Arms of the Female and Male Spine Loading Muscles. Clinical Biomechanics, 16(3), 182-193.
127. Ferguson, S.A., Gupta, P., Marras, W.S., and Heaney, C. (2001) “Predicting Recovery Using Continuous Low Back Pain Outcome Measures” The Spine Journal, 1(1), 57-65.
128. Marras, W.S., (2001) “Spine Biomechanics, Government Regulation, and Prevention of Occupational Low Back Pain” The Spine Journal, 1(3) 163-165.
129. Marras, W.S., Davis, K.G., Ferguson, S.A., Lucas, B.R. and Gupta, P. (2001) “Spine Loading Characteristics of Patients with Low Back Pain Compared with Asymptomatic Individuals”, Spine, 26(23), 2566-2574.
130. Parnianpour, M., Ghosh, K., Barin, K., and Marras, W.S. (2001) “Quantification of Trunk Motion in Response to Complex Platform Perturbations while Holding Weights in an Upright Posture”, Biomedical Engineering, Applications, Basis and Communications, 13(1): 33-46.
131. Radwin, R.G., Marras, W.S., and Lavender, S.A. (2002) “Biomechanical Aspects of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders”, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomic Science, 2(2), 153-217.
132. Ferguson, S.A., Gaudes-MacLaren, L.L., Marras, W.S., Waters, T.R. and Davis, K.G. (2002) “Spinal Loading When Lifting From Industrial Storage Bins”, Ergonomics, 45(6), 399-414.
133. Gallagher, S., Marras, W.S., Davis, K.G. (2002) “Effects of Posture on Dynamic Back Loading during a Cable Lifting Task”, Ergonomics, 45(5), 380-398.
134. Kovacs, K., Splittstoesser, R., Maronitis, A., and Marras, W.S. (2002) “Grip Force and Muscle Activity Differences Due to Glove Type”, AIHA Journal, 63(3), 269-274.
19 William S. Marras Page 20 135. Lavender, S.A., Marras, W.S., and Sabol, R.J. (2002) “A Study of Female Mexican Anthropometric Measures Useful for Workstation Design in Light Manufacturing Facilities”, AIHA Journal, 63(3), 300-304.
136. Davis, K.P., Marras, W.S., Heaney, C.A., Waters, T.R., and Gupta, P. (2002) “The Impact of Mental Processing and Pacing on Spine Loading”, Volvo Award for Low Back Pain Research, Spine, 27(23), 2645-2653.
137. Marras, W.S., Davis, K.G., and Jorgensen, M. (2002) “Spine Loading and Gender”, Spine, 27(22), 2514-2520.
138. Ferguson, S.A., Gallagher, S., and Marras, W.S. (2003) “Validity and Reliability of Sincerity Test for Dynamic Trunk Motions”, Disability and Rehabilitation. 25(4-5), 236- 241.
139. Marras, W.S., Davis, K.G., and Jorgensen, M. (2003) “Gender Influences on Spine Loads during Complex Lifting”, The Spine Journal, 3(2), 93-99.
140. Lee, W., Karwowski, W., Marras, W.S., and Rodrick, D. (2003) “A Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling of Myoelectrical Activity of Trunk Muscles Due to Manual Lifting Tasks”, Ergonomics, 46(1-3), 285-309.
141. Jorgensen, M.J., Marras, W.S., Gupta, P., and Waters, T.R. (2003) “Cross-sectional area of the lumbar back muscles as a function of torso flexion”. Clinical Biomechanics, 18(4), 280-286.
142. Jorgensen, M.J., Marras, W.S., Gupta, P., and Waters, T.R. (2003) “Sagittal Plane Moment-Arms of the Male and Female Lumbar Erector Spinae as a Function of Torso Flexion”. The Spine Journal, 3(5), 363-369.
143. Davis, K.G., and Marras, W.S. (2003) “Partitioning the Contribution Role of Biomechanical, Psychosocial, and Individual Risk Factors in the Development of Spine Loads”. The Spine Journal, 3(5), 331-338.
144. Marras, W.S. (2003) “The case for cumulative trauma in low back disorders”. The Spine Journal, 3(3), 177-179.
145. Davis, W.S., Splittstoesser, R.E., and W.S. Marras, (2003) “Kinematic Contribution and Synchronization of the Trunk, Hip, and Knee During Lifting Below Waist Level.” Occupational Ergonomics, 3(2), 99-103.
146. Marras, W.S., Ferguson, S.A., Burr, D., Davis, K.G., and Gupta, P. (2004) “Spine Loading in Low Back Pain Patients During Asymmetric Lifting Exertions”. The Spine Journal, 4(1), 64-75.
147. Ferguson, S.A. and Marras, W.S. (2004) “Revised Protocol for the Kinematic Assessment of Impairment”. The Spine Journal, 4(2), 163-169.
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148. Jorgensen, M.J., Marras, W.S., Smith, F.W., and M.H. Pope (2005) “Sagittal Plane Moment Arms of the Female Lumbar Region Rectus Abdominis in an Upright Neutral Torso Posture. Clinical Biomechanics, 20(3) 242-246.
149. Gallagher, S., Marras, W.S., Litsky, A.S., and Burr, D. (2005) “Torso flexion loads and the fatigue failure of human lumbosacral motion segments.” Spine, 30(20) 2265-2273.
150. Marras, W.S. (2004) “State-of-the art research perspectives on musculoskeletal disorder causation and control: the need for an integrated understanding of risk” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 14(1), 1-5.
151. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., and Burr, D. (2004) "The influence of individual low back health status on workplace trunk kinematics and risk of low back disorder" Ergonomics, 47(11)1,226-1237.
152. Marras, W.S., Ferguson, S.A., Burr, D., Davis, K.G., and Gupta, P. (2005) “Functional Impairment as a Predictor of Spine Loading.” Spine 30(7) 729-737.
153. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., and Burr, D. (2005) “Workplace Design Guidelines for Asymptomatic vs. Low back Injured Workers.” Applied Ergonomics, 36(1) 85-95.
154. Marras, W.S. (2005) “The Future of Research in Understanding and Controlling Work- Related Low Back Disorders” Ergonomics, 48(5), 464-477.
155. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., Burr, D. Davis, K. and Gupta, P (2004) “Differences in Motor Recruitment and Resulting Kinematics between Low Back Pain Patients and Asymptomatic Participants During Lifting Exertions” Clinical Biomechanics, 19(10), 992- 999.
156. Allread, W.G., Wilkins III, J.R., Waters, T.R. and Marras W.S. (2004) “Physical Demands and Low-Back Injury Risk Among Children and Adolescents Working on Farms”, Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, 10(4), 257-274.
157. Zurada, J., Karwowski, W., and Marras, W.S. (2005) “Classification of Jobs with Risk of Low Back Disorders by Applying Mining Techniques,” Occupational Ergonomics. 5(1), 1- 15.
158. Campbell-Kyureghyan, N., Burr, D., Jorgensen, M.J. and Marras, W.S.(2005) “The Prediction of Lumbar Spine Geometry: Method Development and Validation.” Clinical Biomechanics, 20,455-464.
159. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., and Burr, D.L. (2005) “Differences Among Outcome Measures In Occupational Low Back Pain,” Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 15(3) 329-341.
21 William S. Marras Page 22 160. Fujishiro, K, Weaver, J.L., Heaney, C.L., Hamrick, C.A., and Marras, W.S. (2005)“The Effect of Ergonomic Interventions in Healthcare Facilities on Musculoskeletal Disorders.” American Journal of Industrial Medicine,48, 338-347.
161. Davis, K.G., and Marras, W.S. (2005) “Load Spatial Pathway and Spine Loading: How Does Lift Origin and Destination Impact Low Back Response? Ergonomics, 48(8),1031- 1046.
162. Treaster, D. E., Marras, W.S., Burr, D., Sheedy, J. E., and Hart, D. (2006) “ Myofascial Trigger Point Development from Low-Level Visual and postural Exertion” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 16(2) 115-124.
163. Gallagher, S., Marras W.S., Litsky, A.S., and Burr, D. (2006) “An Exploratory Study of Loading and Morphometric Factors Associated with Specific Failure Modes in Fatigue Testing of Lumbar Motion Segments.” Clinical Biomechanics, 21(3) 228-234.
164. Allread, W.G., and Marras W.S. (2006) “Does Personality Affect the Risk of Developing Musculoskeletal Disorders?” Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 7(2), 149-167.
165. Marras, W.S., Parakkat, J., Chany, A.M., Yang, G, Burr, D. and Lavender S.A. (2006) “Spine Loading as a Function of Lift Frequency, Exposure Duration, and Work Experience” Clinical Biomechanics, 21(2) 345-352.
166. Chany, A.M., Parakkat, J., Yang, G., Burr, D., and Marras, W.S. (2006) “Changes in Spine Loading Patterns throughout the Workday as a Function of Experience, Lift Frequency, and Personality,” The Spine Journal, 6(3), 296-305.
167. Parakkat, J., Chany, A.M., Yang, D., Burr, D., and Marras, W.S. (2007) “The Influence of Lift Frequency, Lift Duration, and Work Experience on Discomfort Reporting,” Ergonomics, 50(3), 396-409.
168. Korkmaz, S.V., Hoyle, J.A., Knapik, G.G., Splittstoesser, R.E., Yang, G., Trippany, D.R., Lahoti, P., Sommerich, C.M., Lavender, S.A. and Marras, W.S. (2006) “Baggage handling in an airplane cargo hold: An ergonomic intervention study” International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 36(4), 301-312.
169. Chany, A.M.L., Marras, W.S., Burr, D.L. (2006) “The Effect of Cellular and Landline Phone Design on Upper Extremity Discomfort and Muscle Fatigue.” Human Factors, 49(4), 602-618.
170. Karwowski, W., Gaweda, A., Marras, W.S., Davis, K., Zurada, J.M. and Rodrick, D. (2006) “A Fuzzy Relational Rule Network Modeling of Electromyographical Activity of Trunk Muscles in Manual Lifting Based on Trunk Angles, Moments, Pelvic Tilt and Rotation Angels.” International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 36, 847-859.
171. Splittstoesser, R.E., Yang, G., Knapik, GG, Trippany, D.R., Hoyle, J.A., Lahoti, P., Korkmaz, S.V., . Sommerich, C.M., Lavender, S.A., and Marras, W.S. (2007) "Spinal
22 William S. Marras Page 23 Loading During Manual Materials Handling in a Kneeling Posture," Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 17, 25-34.
172. Yang, G., Chany, A-M., Parakkat, J., Burr, D., and Marras, W.S. (2007) “The Effects of Work Experience, Lift Frequency and Exposure Duration on Low Back Muscle Oxygenation.” Clinical Biomechanics, 22, 21-27.
173. Gallagher, S., Marras, W.S., Litsky, A.S., Burr, D., Landoll, J, and Matkovic, V., (2007) “A Comparison of Fatigue Failure Responses of Young and Old Lumbar Motion Segments in Simulated Flexed Lifting,” Spine, 32(17), 1832-1839.
174. Hou, Y., Zurada, JM, Karwowski, W, Marras, W.S., and Davis, K. (2007) “Estimation of the Dynamic Spinal Forces Using A Recurrent Fuzzy Neural Network” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Part B: Cybernetics, 37(1), 100-109.
175. Marras, W.S., Ferguson, S.A., Burr, D., Schabo, P, and Maronitis, A. (2007) “Low Back Pain Recurrence in Occupational Environments,” Spine, 32 (21), 2387-2397.
176. Theado, E.W., Knapik, G.G., and Marras, W.S. (2007) “Modification of an EMG-assisted biomechanical model for pushing and pulling,” International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 37(11-12) 825-831.
177. Hou, Y., Zurada, JM, Karwowski, W, Marras, W.S., and Davis, K. (2007) “Identification of Key Variables Using Fuzzy Average With Fuzzy Cluster Distribution.” IEEE Transactions of Fuzzy Systems. 15(4), 673-685.
178. Garg, A., Gerr, F., Katz, JN, Marras, W.S. , and Silverstein, B. (2007) “Low Back Pain and the Workplace,” JAMA, 298(4), 403-404.
179. Marras, W.S., Cutlip, R.G., Burt, S.E., and T.R. Waters (2009) “National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Future Directions in Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorder Health Research,” Applied Ergonomics, 40, 15-22.
180. Marras, W.S. (2008) “A Critical Review of a Pivotal Scientific Contribution: Liles and Associates 24 years Later,” Human Factors, 50(3) 393-396.
181. Knapik, G.G. and W.S. Marras (2009) “Spine Loading at Different Lumbar Levels During Pushing and Pulling,” Ergonomics, 52(1) 60-70.
182. Marras, W.S., Knapik, G.G. and S. Ferguson (2009) “Lumbar Spine Forces during Manoeuvring of Ceiling-based and Floor-based Patient Transfer Devices.” Ergonomics, 52(3) 384-397.
183. Marras, W.S., Knapik, G.G., and S.A Ferguson (2009) “Loading along the Lumbar Spine as Influenced by Speed, Control, Load Magnitude, and Handle Height during Pushing.” Clinical Biomechanics, 24 (2), 155-163.
184. Marras, W.S. (2009) Point of View. Spine, 34(4), 322.
23 William S. Marras Page 24 185. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., Burr, D.L., Woods, S., Mendel, E., and Gupta, P. (2009) “Quantification of a Meaningful Change in Low Back Functional Impairment.” Spine, 34 (19) 2060-2065.
186. Marras, W.S., Lavender, S.A. Ferguson, S.A., Splittstoesser, R.E., Yang, G., and Schabo, P. (2010) “Instrumentation for Measuring Dynamic Spinal Load Moment Exposure in the Workplace.” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 20(1) 1-9.
187. Davis, K.G., Kotowski, S.E., Albers, J, and Marras, W.S. (2010) “Investigating Reduced Bag Weight as an Effective Risk Mediator for Mason Tenders,” Applied Ergonomics, 41(6), 822-831.
188. Marras, W.S., Lavender, S.A., Ferguson, S.A., Splittstoesser, R.E., and Yang, G. (2010) “Quantitative Biomechanical Exposure Measures: Distribution Centers.” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 20(5) 813-822.
189. Marras, W.S., Lavender, S.A., Ferguson, S.A., Splittstoesser, R.E., and Yang, G. (2010) “Quantitative Dynamic Measures of Physical Workplace Exposure Predict Low Back Functional Impairment.” Spine, 35(8) 914-923.
190. Hoyle, J.A., Marras, W.S., Sheedy, J.E., and Hart, D.E. (2011) “Effects of Postural and Visual Stressors on Myofascial Trigger Point Development and Motor Unit Rotation during Computer Work.” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 21(1) 41-48.
191. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., Allread, W.G., Knapik, G.G., Vandlen, K.A., Splittstoesser, R.E. and Yang, G. (2011) “Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk as a Function of Vehicle Rotation Angle During Assembly Tasks,” Applied Ergonomics, 42(5), 431-437.
192. Yang, G, Marras, W.S., and Best, T. M. (2011) “The Biochemical Response to Biomechanical Tissue Loading on the Low Back During Physical Work Exposure,” Clinical Biomechanics. 26(5) 431-437.
193. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., Allread, W.G., Knapik, G.G. and Splittstoesser (2012) “Musculoskeletal Disorder Risk During Auto Assembly: Current vs. Seated.” Applied Ergonomics, 43, 671-678.
194. Vandlen, K.A., Marras, W.S., and Mendelsohn, D. A. (2012) “A Nonlinear Contact Algorithm Predicting Facet Joint Contribution in the Lumbar Spine of a Specific Person,” Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 13(3) 303-317.
195. Knapik, G.G., Mendel, E. and W.S. Marras, (2012) “Use of a Personalized Hybrid Biomechanical Model to Assess Change in Lumbar Spine Function with a TDR compared to an Intact Spine.” European Spine Journal, 21(Suppl 5) S641-S652.
196. Ferguson, S.S., Allread, W.G. Burr, D.L, Heaney, C., and Marras, W.S. (2012) “Biomechanical, Psychosocial and Individual Risk Factors Predicting Low Back Functional Impairment among Furniture Distribution Employees,” Clinical Biomechanics. 27, 117-123.
24 William S. Marras Page 25 197. Dul, J., Bruder, R., Buckle, P., Caryon, P., Falzon, P., Marras, W.S., Wilson, J.R., and van der Boelen, B. (2012) “A Strategy for Human Factors/Ergonomics: Developing the discipline and profession,” Ergonomics, 55(4) 377-395.
198. Dul, J., Bruder, R., Buckle, P., Caryon, P., Falzon, P., Marras, W.S., Wilson, J.R., and van der Boelen, B. (2012) “Response to the commentary “A question of our marketing or our preconceptions,” Ergonomics, 55(12) 1618-1620.
199. Splittstoesser R.E., Marras W.S., Best T.M. (2012) "Immune Responses to Low Back Pain Risk Factors. " Work, 41, 6016-6023.
200. Lavender, S.A., Marras, W.S., Ferguson, S.A., Splittstoesser, R.E. and Yang, G. (2012) “Developing Physical Exposure Based Back Injury Risk Models Applicable to Manual Handling Jobs in Distribution Centers.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 9(7), 450-459.
201. Gallagher, S. and Marras, W.S. (2012) “Tolerance of the lumbar spine to shear: a review and recommended exposure limits,” Clinical Biomechanics, 27(10), 973-978.
202. van Dieen, J.H., Kuijer, P.P.F.M, Burdorf, A, Marras, W.S. and Adams, M.A. (2012) “Non-Specific Low Back Pain,” Lancet, 378(9829), 1874-1874.
203. Marras, W.S., (2012) “The Complex Spine: The Multi-Dimensional System of Causal Pathways for Low Back Disorders,” Human Factors, 54(6), 881-889.
204. Le, P., Dufour, J., Monat, H., Rose, J., Huber, Z., Alder, E., Umar, R., Hennessey, B., Dutt, M., and Marras W.S. (2012) “Association Between Spinal Loads and the Psychophysical Determination of Maximum Acceptable Force during Pushing Tasks.” Ergonomics, 55(9), 1104-14.
205. Ferguson, S.A. and W.S. Marras (2012) “Spine Kinematics Predict Symptom and Lost Time Recurrence: How Much Recovery is Enough?” Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. 23(4), 329-335.
206. Dufour, J., Marras, W.S., and Knapik, G.G. (2013) “A Non-MVC Calibration Technique for Use in an EMG-Assisted Model” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology 23(3), 608-613.
207. Rose, J.D., Mendel, E., and W.S. Marras (2013) “Carrying and Spine Loading” Ergonomics, 56(11), 1722-32.
208. Ferguson, S.A., Allread, W.G., Le., P, Rose, J., and W.S. Marras, (2014) “Shoulder Muscle Fatigue during Repetitive Tasks as Measured by Electromyography and Near Infrared Spectroscopy,” Human Factors, 55(6), 1077-1087.
209. Marras, W.S. and P. A. Hancock, (2014) “Putting Mind and Body Back Together: A Human-Systems Approach to the Integration of the Physical and Cognitive Dimensions
25 William S. Marras Page 26 of Task Design and Operations,” Applied Ergonomics, 45(1), 55-60.
210. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., Lavender, S.A., Splittstoesser, R.E., and G. Yang (2014) “Are Workers Who Leave a Job Exposed to Similar Physical Demands as Workers Who Develop Clinically Meaningful Declines in Low Back Function?” Human Factors, 56(1), 58-72.
211. Marras, W.S., Ferguson, S.A., Lavender, S.A. Splittstoesser, R.E., and G. Yang (2014) "Cumulative Spine Loading and Clinically Meaningful Declines in Low Back Function," Human Factors, 56(1), 29-43.
212. Garg, A. and W.S. Marras (2014) “Epidemiological Issue of Workplace Musculoskeletal Disorder: Preface,” Human Factors, 56(1), 5.
213. Le, Peter, Rose, J., Knapik, G., and W.S. Marras (2014) “Objective Classification of Vehicle Seat Discomfort,” Ergonomics, 57(4), 536-544.
214. Farrag, A.T., Elsayed, W.H., El-Sayyad, M.M. and W.S. Marras (2015) “Weight Knowledge and Weight Magnitude: Impact on Lumbrosacral Loading,” Ergonomics, 58 (2), 227-234.
215. Elsayed, W., Farrag, A., El-Sayyad, M, and W.S. Marras (2015) “Changes in Muscular activity and Lumbrosacral Kinematics in Response to Handling Objects of Unknown Mass Magnitude.” Human Movement Science, 40, 315-325.
216. Le, P., Hwang, J, Grawe, S, Li, J., Snyder, A.N. Lee, C., and W.S. Marras (2015) “Biomechanical Patterns of Text-Message Distraction,” Ergonomics, 58(10), 1690-1700.
217. Ferguson, S.A. Grooms, D.R., Onate, J.A., Khan, S.N. and W.S. Marras, (2014) “Low Back Functional Health Status of Patient Handlers,” Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 25(2), 296-302.
218. Marras, W.S. (2015) “The Secret Life of the Spine,” Mechanical Engineering, 137(10), 30-35.
219. Le, P., and W.S. Marras (2016) “Evaluating the Low Back Biomechanics of Three Different Office Workstations: Seated, Standing, and Perching.” Applied Ergonomics, 56, 170-178.
220. Hwang, J, Knapik, G.G., Dufour, JS, and W.S. Marras (2016) “Curved Muscles in Biomechanical Models of the Spine: A Systematic Literature Review,” Ergonomics, 60(4), 577-588.
221. Hwang, J, Dufour, JS, Knapik, G.G., Best, T.M., Khan S.N. Mendel, E., and W.S. Marras (2016) “Prediction of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Derived Trunk Muscle Geometry with Application to Spine Biomechanical Modeling.” Clinical Biomechanics, 37, 60-64.
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222. Hwang, J., Knapik, G.G., Dufour, J.S., Arund,. A., Best, T.M., Khan S.N., Mendel, E., and W.S. Marras (2016) “A Biologically-assisted Curved Muscle Model of the Lumbar Spine: Model Structure.” Clinical Biomechanics, 37, 53-59.
223. Hwang, J., Knapik, G.G., Dufour, J.S., Best, T.M., Khan S.N., Mendel, E., and W.S. Marras (2016) “A Biologically-assisted Curved Muscle Model of the Lumbar Spine: Model Validation.” Clinical Biomechanics, 37, 153-159.
224. Nagavarapu, S., Lavender, S.A., and W.S. Marras (2017) “Spine Loading During the Application and Removal of Lifting Slings: The Effects of Patient Weight, Bed Height and Work Method.” Ergonomics, 60(5), 636-648. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2016.1211750)
225. Alizadeh, M., Zindl, C., Allen, M.J., Fitzpatrick, N., and W.S. Marras (2016) “MRI Cross Sectional Atlas of Normal Canine Cervical Musculoskeletal Structure,” Research in Veterinary Science, 108, 94-100.
226. Marras, W.S., Walter, B.A., Purmessur, D., Mageswaran, P., and M.G. Wiet (2016) “The Contribution of Biomechanical-Biological Interactions of the Spine to Low Back Pain,” Human Factors, 58(7), 965-975.
227. Kotowski, S.E., Davis, K.G., and W.S. Marras (2016) “Spine Loads when using Friction Reducing Handling Devices During Repositioning and Lateral Transferring of Patients.” American Journal of Nursing (in press).
228. Alizadeh, M., Knapik, G.G. Dufour, J.S., Zindly, C., Allen, M.J., Bertan, J., Fitzpatrick, N., and W.S. Marras (2017) “ An EMG-Driven Biomechanical Model of the Canine Cervical Spine,” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 32, 101-109.
229. Walter, B.A., Mageswaran, P., Xiaokui M, Boulter D, Mashaly H, Nguyen X, Prevedello L, Thoman W, Raterman B, Kalra P, Mendel E, Marras W, Kolipaka A. (2016) "Magnetic Resonance Elastography Derived Stiffness: A Biomarker for IVD Degeneration," Radiology, 285(1), 167-175.
230. Le., P., Best, T.M., Khan, S. N., Mendel, E. and W.S. Marras (2016) “A Review of Methods to Assess Coativation in the Spine.” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 32, 51-60.
231. Le, P., Aurand, A., Best, T.M., Khan, S.N., Mendel. E., W.S. Marras (2017) An exploratory electromyography-based coactivation index for the cervical spine. Human Factors. 60 (1) 68-79.
232. Le, P., Aurand, A., Walter, B.A., Best, T.M., Khan, S.N., Mendel, E., and W.S. Marras (2018) Development of a lumbar EMG-based index for the assessment of complex dynamic tasks. Ergonomics 61(3), 381-389. DOI=10.1080/00140139.2017.1360520
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233. Le, P., Aurand, A., Dufour, J., Knapik, G.G., Best, T.M., Khan, S.N., Mendel. E., and W.S. Marras (2017) “Development and testing of a moment-based coactivation index to assess complex dynamic tasks for the lumbar spine.” Clinical Biomechanics. 46. 23-32.
234. Weston, E.B., Le, P., and W.S. Marras (2017) A biomechanical and physiological assessment of office seat and tablet device interaction. Applied Ergonomics. 62, 83-93.
235. Le, P., Zuercher, D., Durbin, J., Carle, C., McIlwain, G., and W.S. Marras (2016) Static posture influence on localized muscle oxygenation. Submitted to: Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science.
236. Hwang, J., Knapik, G.G., Dufour, J.S., Best, T.M., Khan S.N., Mendel, E., and W.S. Marras (2017) “Validation of a Personalized Curved Muscle Model of the Lumbar Spine during Complex Dynamic Exertions.” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 33, 1-9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2017.01.001
237. Aurand, A., Durour, J.S. and W.S. Marras (2017) “Accuracy of an Optical Capture System with 42 or 21 Cameras is a Large Measurement Volume.” Journal of Biomechanics. 58, 237-240.
238. Weston, E.B., Khan, S., and W.S. Marras (2017) “Wheelchair Pushing and Turning: Lumbar Spine and Shoulder Loads and Recommended Limits.” Ergonomics. 60(12), 1754-1765. DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2017.1344445
239. Weston, E.B., Alizadeh, M, Knapik, G.G., Wang, X, and W.S. Marras (2018) “Biomechanical Evaluation of Exoskeleton Use on Loading of the Lumbar Spine.” Applied Ergonomics, 68, 101-108.
240. Weston, E.B., Aurand, A., Dufour, J., Knapik, G.G., and W.S. Marras (2018) “Biomechanically-determined Hand Force Limits Protecting the Low Back During Occupational Pushing and Pulling Tasks." Ergonomics, 61(6), 853-865.
241. Armstrong TJ, Burdorf A, Descatha A, Farioli A, Graf M, Horie S, Marras WS, Potvin JR, Rempel D, Spatari G, Takala E-P, Verbeek J, Violante FS. (2018) “Scientific basis of ISO standards on biomechanical risk factors.” Scand J Work Environ Health – online first. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3718
242. Lu, M.L., Weston, E. Dufour, J, and W.S. Marras (2018) ”Effectiveness of a Vacuum Lifting System in Reducing the Spinal Load during Airline Baggage Handling,” Applied Ergonomics, 70, 247-252.
243. Picchiotti, M.T., Weston, E.B., Knapik, G.G. Dufour, J.S., and W.S. Marras (2019) Impact of Two postural Assist Exoskeletons on Biomechanical loading of the Lumbar Spine.” Applied Ergonomics, 75, 1-7.
244. Alizadeh, M., Knapik, G.G. and W.S. Marras (2018) “Application of MR-derived cross-
28 William S. Marras Page 29 sectional guideline of cervical spine muscles to validate neck surface electromyography placement.” Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 43, 127-139.
245. Ferguson, S.A., Khan, S., Berner, R., Bridger, M.A., Weaver. T., Yu, E. and W.S. Marras (2019) “Patient and Practitioner Experience with Clinical Lumbar Motion Monitor Wearable Technology,” Health and Technology Journal, 9, 298-295.
246. Virk, S.S., Aurand, A., Bertone, A.L., Hussein, H., Kaido, M., Marras, W.S., Khan, S.N. (2019) “Assessment of a rabbit posterolateral spinal fusion using movement between vertebrae: A modification of the palpation exam for quantifying fusions.” Journal of Spine Surgery 5(2):215-222.
247. Ferguson, S.A., Merryweather, A., Matthew S. Thiese, M.S., Hegmann, K.T., Lu, M-L., M. Kapellusch, J.M., and W. S. Marras (2019) “Prevalence of Low Back Pain, Seeking Medical Care, and Lost Time due to Low Back Pain among Manual Material Handling Workers in the United States.” BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 20:243. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2594-0
248. Lavender, S.A., Sommerich, C.M., Bigelow, S., Weston, E.B., Seagren, K., Pay, N.A., Sillars, D., Ramachandran, V., Sun, C., Xu, Y., and W.S. Marras (2020) “A biomechanical Evaluation of Potential Ergonomic Solutions for Use by Firefighter and EMS Providers when Lifting Heavy Patients in Their Homes.” Applied Ergonomics, 82, 1- 8.
249. Alizadeh, M., Knapik, G.G., Mageswaran, P., Mendel, E., Bourekas, E., and W.S. Marras (2019) “Biomechanical Musculoskeletal Models of the Cervical Spine: A Systematic Literature Review.” Clinical Biomechanics, 71, 115-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.10.027
250. Weston, E.B., Dufour, J.S., Lu, M-L., and W.S. Marras (2019) “Spinal Loading and Lift Style in Confined Vertical Space.” Applied Ergonomics, 84, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2019.103021 (in press).
251. Weston, E.B. Aurand, A., Dufour, J.S., Knapik, G.G., and W.S. Marras (2020) “One versus Two-Handed lifting and Lowering: Lumbar Spine Loads and Recommended One- Handed Limits Protecting the Lower Back,” Ergonomics, 63 (4), 505-521.
Books
1. Marras, W.S., Karwowski, W., Smith, J.L., and L. Pacholski (eds.) The Ergonomics of Manual Work, Taylor and Francis, London, 1993.
2. Karwowski, W. and Marras, W.S. (eds.) Occupational Ergonomics Handbook, CRC Press, New York, 1999
29 William S. Marras Page 30 3. Karwowski, W. and Marras, W.S. (eds.) Occupational Ergonomics: Principles of Work Design, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2003
4. Karwowski, W. and Marras, W.S. (eds.) Occupational Ergonomics: Design and Management of Work Systems, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2003
5. Karwowski, W. and Marras, W.S. (eds.) Occupational Ergonomics: Engineering and Administrative Controls, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2003
6. Marras, W.S. and Karwowski, W. (eds.) Occupational Ergonomics Handbook: Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics. (Second Edition), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2006
7. Marras, W.S. and Karwowski, W. (eds.) Occupational Ergonomics Handbook: Interventions, Controls, and Applications in Occupational Ergonomics. (Second Edition), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2006
8. Marras, W.S., The Working Back: A Systems View, Wiley, New York, NY, 2008
Book Chapters
1. Marras, W. S., (1982), "Evaluation of Controlled Static Exertions in Various Muscle Groups," in Easterby, R., Kroemer, K., and D. Chaffin, (eds.), Anthropometry and Biomechanics, Plenum Press, New York, 151-156.
2. Marras, W. S., and A. I. King, (1988), "Biomechanical Models," in Kroemer, K. H. E., Snook, S. H., Meadows, S. R. and S. Deutsh (eds.), Ergonomic Models of Anthropometry, Human Biomechanics and Operator-Equipment Interfaces, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 19-42.
3. Marras, W. S., (1989), "Towards an Understanding of Internal Trunk Responses to Dynamic Trunk Activity," in K. H. Kroemer, J. D. McGlothlin and T. G. Bobick (eds.), Understanding and Preventing Back Trauma: Theory and Application of Biodynamics, American Industrial Hygiene Association, Akron, OH.
4. Marras, W. S., (1990), "Anthropometry" Industrial Engineering Terminology, Industrial Engineering and Management Press, Norcross, GA.
5. Marras, W. S., (1990), "Biomechanics" Industrial Engineering Terminology, Industrial Engineering and Management Press, Norcross, GA.
6. Marras, W. S., (1990), "Human Factors" Industrial Engineering Terminology, Industrial Engineering and Management Press, Norcross, GA.
30 William S. Marras Page 31 7. Marras, W. S., (1992), "Chapter 1: Introduction to Electromyography in Ergonomics" in G. L. Soderberg (ed.), Selected Topics in Surface Electromyography for Use in the Occupational Setting: Expert Perspectives, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 91-100. Washington, D.C.
8. Marras, W. S., (1992), "Chapter 7: Applications of EMGs in Ergonomics" in G. L. Soderberg (ed.), Selected Topics in Surface Electromyography for Use in the Occupational Setting: Expert Perspectives, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 91-100. Washington, D.C.
9. Marras, W. S., (1992), "Dynamic Variables in Ergonomics" OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE: State of the Art Reviews, Vol. 7, No. 4, October-December, Hanley and Belfus, Inc. Philadelphia, PA.
10. Andersson G.B. and Marras W.S. (1996), "Occupational Biomechanics" The Lumbar Spine, (2nd Edition) Weinstein, J. N. and Wiesel S.W. (eds), W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA.
11. Granata K.P. and Marras W.S. (1996), “Biomechanical Models in Ergonomics” in Occupational Ergonomics, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, N.Y.
12. Marras, W.S., (1997), "Ergonomics: Workplace Analysis" in Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Workplace: Principles and Practice, Nordin, M., Andersson G.B., and Pope, M.H. (eds.) Mosby Year Book Inc. New York.
13. Marras, W.S., (1997) “Biomechanics of the Human Body” in Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, (second edition) G. Salvendy (ed.), Wiley Interscience, New York.
14. Karwowski, W and Marras, W.S., (1997) “Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremity” in Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, (second edition) G. Salvendy (ed.), Wiley Interscience, New York.
15. Marras, W.S. (1999), “Occupational Biomechanics” in Occupational Ergonomics Handbook, Karwowski, W. and Marras W.S. (eds.) CRC Press, New York.
16. Marras, W.S. (1999), “Dynamic Workplace Factors in Manual Lifting” in Occupational Ergonomics Handbook, Karwowski, W. and Marras W.S. (eds.) CRC Press, New York.
17. Marras, W.S., Allread, W.G., and Ried, R. (1999), “The Use of the Lumbar Motion Monitor” in Occupational Ergonomics Handbook, Karwowski, W. and Marras W.S. (eds.) CRC Press, New York.
18. Marras, W.S. (2001) ” The Assessment of Loads on the Lumbar Spine during Dynamic Work” in The Encyclopedia of Ergonomics, Karwowski, W. (ed.)
31 William S. Marras Page 32 19. Marras, W.S. (2004), “Occupational Ergonomics” in The Lumbar Spine, Herkowitz, HN, Dvorak, J, Bell, G.R., Nordin, M, and Grob, D. (eds), Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia.
20. Sommerich, C.M. and Marras, W.S. (2004) “Electromyography and Muscle Force” in Muscle Strength, S. Kumar (ed.) CRC Press, New York.
21. Marras, W.S., (2005) “Biomechanics of the Human Body” in Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, (Third edition) G. Salvendy (ed.), Wiley Interscience, New York.
22. Sommerich, C.M. and Marras, W.S., (2005) “Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremity” in Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics, (Third edition) G. Salvendy (ed.), Wiley Interscience, New York.
23. Marras, W.S. and Allread, W.G. (2005) “Lumbar Motion Monitor” in Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics Methods, Stanton, N, Hedge, A, Brookhuis, K, Salas, E, and Hendrick, H. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
24. Marras, W.S. (2006) “The Biomechanical Basis of Ergonomics Logic” in The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook (Second Edition): Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics. Marras, W.S. and Karwowski, W. (eds.), Taylor and Francis (CRC Press), Boca Raton, FL, 11-1 to 11-43.
25. Marras, W.S. and Hamrick, C. (2006) “The ACGIH TLV for Low Back Risk” in The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook (Second Edition): Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics. Marras, W.S. and Karwowski, W. (eds.), Taylor and Francis (CRC Press), Boca Raton, FL, 50-1 to 50-15.
26. Marras, W.S. and Allread, W.G. (2006) “Industrial Lumbar Motion Monitor” in The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook (Second Edition): Fundamentals and Assessment Tools for Occupational Ergonomics. Marras, W.S. and Karwowski, W. (eds.), Taylor and Francis (CRC Press), Boca Raton, FL, 49-1 to 49-25.
27. Ferguson, S.A. and Marras, W.S. (2006) “Clinical Lumbar Motion Monitor” in The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook (second editions): Interventions, Controls, and Applications in Occupational Ergonomics. Marras, W.S. and Karwowski, W. (eds), Taylor and Francis (CRC Press), Boca Raton, FL 37-1 to 37-17.
28. Jorgensen, M.J. Marras, W.S., Allread, G.A., and Stuart-Buttle, C. (2006) “Grocery Distribution Centers,” in The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook (second editions): Interventions, Controls, and Applications in Occupational Ergonomics. Marras, W.S. and Karwowski, W. (eds), Taylor and Francis (CRC Press), Boca Raton, FL 45-1 to 45-22.
29. Marras, W.S. and Radwin, R.G. (2006) “Biomechanical Modeling” in Annual Review of Ergonomics, in Nickerson, R. (ed.) The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Press, Santa Monica, CA. pg 1-88.
32 William S. Marras Page 33 30. Marras, W.S., Knapik, G.G., and J. Gabriel (2008) The Development of a Personalized Hybrid EMG-Assisted/Finite Element Biomechanical Model to Assess Surgical Options” in Yue, J.J. Bertagnoli, R, McAffee, P.C., and An H.S. (eds.) Motion Preservation Surgery of the Spine: Advanced Techniques and Controversies. Saunders/Elsevier Inc. Philadelphia, PA. pg 687-694.
31. Allread, W.G. and Marras, W.S. (2010) “The Economic Impact of Integrating Ergonomics Within an Automotive Production Facility.” In Rouse, W., and Drawbaough, R. (eds) The Economics of Human Systems Integration. John Wiley and Sons. Philadelphia, PA. pg 267-285.
32. Marras, W.S. (2009) “Manging Low Back Pain Risk in Industrially Developing Countries.” In Scott, PA (ed) Ergonomics in Developing Regions: Needs and Applications. Taylor and Francis (CRC Press) Boca Raton, FL. Pg 425-436.
33. Marras, W.S. (2010) “Biomechanics of the Spinal Motion Segment” (chapter 7) in Herkowitz,, H.N., Garfin, S.R., Eismont, F.J., Bell, G.R., and Balderston, R.A.. Rothman-Simone: The Spine (6th edition), Elsevier Saunders Inc., Philadelphia PA. pg109-128.
34. Ferguson, S.A. and Marras, W.S. (2010) “Biomechanical Prinicples for Reducing Low Back Pain” Chapter 27 in DePalma, M.J. iSpine: Evidence-Based Interventional Spine Care, pg 258-263. Demos Medical Publishing, New York, NY. 2011.
35. Granata, K.P., Davis, K.G., and W.S. Marras (2012) “Biomechanical Models in Ergonomics,” Chapter 5 in Bhattacharya, A and McGlothlin, J.D.: Occupational Ergonomics: Theory and Applications (second edition), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Pg. 145-171.
36. Marras, W.S., Mageswaran, P., Khan, S. and E. Mendel (2018) “Biomechanics of the Spinal Motion Segment” (chapter 7) in Garfin, S.R., Eismont, F.J., Bell, G.R., and Balderston, R.A. Rothman-Simone and Herkowitz’s: The Spine (7th edition), Elsevier Inc., Philadelphia PA, 91-117.
National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Reports
1. Pew, R., Drury, C., Andersson, G., Armstrong, T., Cordray, D., Cullen, M., Fishhoff, B., Howell, W., Marras, W., and D. Vlahov (1999) “Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Report, Workshop Summary, and Workshop Papers.” National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
2. Barondess, J.A., Cullen, M.R., de Lateur, B., Deyo, R.A., Donaldson, S.K., Drury, C.G., Feurstein, M., Fischhoff, B., Frymoyer, J.W., Katz, J.N., Kroenke, K., Lotz, J.C., Mackinnon, S.E., Marras, W.S., Radwin, R.G., Rempel, D.M., Szabo, R.M., Vlahov, D.,
33 William S. Marras Page 34 and D.H. Wegman (2001) “Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace.” National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
3. Marras, W.S., Beerbower, D., Beilock, S.L., Cliff, D., Dean, J., DeJoy, D.M., Holland, A.W., O’Dell, D.B., and D.H. Wegman (2013) “Improving Self-Escape from Underground Coal Mines.” National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
Refereed Proceedings (selected)
1. "Tests to Distinguish Between 'True' and 'Faked' Maximum Muscle Strength Exertions," Human Factors Society 22nd Annual Meeting, Southfield, MI, Oct. 16-19, 1978.
2. "Evaluation of Controlled Static Exertions in Various Muscle Groups," NATO Symposium on Anthropometry and Biomechanics, Cambridge, England, July 5-11, 1980.
3. "An Analysis of Isometric and Isokinetic Spinal Lifting Motions," Human Factors Society 26th Annual Meeting, Seattle WA, Oct. 25-29, 1982.
4. "A Biomechanical Analysis of Isometric and Isokinetic Lifting Motion," Institute of Industrial Engineers, Fall IE Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Nov. 14-17, 1982.
5. "Measurements of Load Upon the Lumbar Spine During Isometric and Isokinetic Lifting Activities," 7th Annual Conference of the American Society of Biomechanics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Sept. 23-30, 1983.
6. "A Model-Experiment Comparison of Loads Upon the Lumbar Spine," Human Factors Society 27th Annual Meeting, Norfolk, VA, Oct. 10-14, 1983.
7. "Biomechanical Modeling in Ergonomics," Seminar on Integrated Ergonomic Modeling", National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., June 17-18, 1985.
8. "Data Acquisition Control Software," Human Factors Society 29th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, September 29 - October 3, 1985.
9. "Statistical Analysis for Biomechanical Data," Human Factors Society 29th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, September 29 -October 3, 1985.
10. "An Experimental Evaluation of Method and Tool Effects in Spike Maul Use," 9th Annual conference of the American Society of Biomechanics, Ann Arbor, MI, October 2-4, 1985
11. "Measurements of Spine Loading Components During the Usage of Large Hand Tools," in W. Karwowski (ed.), Trends in Ergonomics/Human Factors III, also presented at the Annual International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference '86, Louisville, KY, June 12-14, 1986.
34 William S. Marras Page 35 12. "The Effects of Expectation on Trunk Loading,” Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 30th Annual Meeting, Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, 1986.
13. "The Assessment of Strength Under Dynamic Conditions," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 30th Annual Meeting, Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 29 Oct. 3, 1986.
14. "An Analysis of Handtool Injuries in the Underground Mining Industry," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 30th Annual Meeting, Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, 1986.
15. "An Examination of Method of Use and Tool Design on Track Tool Performance and Back Stress," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 30th Annual Meeting, Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 29 - Oct. 3, 1986.
16. "Networks of Internal Loading Activities Under Controlled Motion Conditions," American Industrial Hygiene Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 4, 1987.
17. "Analysis of Hand Tool Injuries in the Underground Mining Industries," American Industrial Hygiene Association conference, Montreal, Canada, June 2, 1987.
18. "The Development of a Three Dimensional Lumbar Motion Monitor," International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference, Miami, Florida, June 10, 1987.
19. "The Preparation, Recording and Analysis of the EMG Signal," in S. Asfour (ed.), Trends in Ergonomics/Human Factors IV, also presented at the International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference, Miami, Florida, June 11, 1987.
20. "Measurement of Hand and Wrist Position by a Wrist Monitor," Proceedings of the IX International conference on Production Research, Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 17-20, 1987.
21. "Ergonomic Analysis of Jack Leg Drill," Bureau of Mines Information Circular (IC 9145). Human Engineering and Human Resources Management in Mining Proceedings: BOM Technology Transfer Seminar, Pittsburgh, PA, July 7-8, 1987; St. Louis, MO, July 15-16, 1987 and San Francisco, CA, July 21-22, 1987, pp. 33-43.
22. "Internal Trunk Loading Sequence Response to Lifting Motions," Proceedings of 31st Annual Meeting Human Factors Society, New York, NY, Oct. 19-23, 1987.
23. "The Effects of Seam Height, Scaling Method and Bar Weight Distribution on Scaling Effectiveness and Electromyographic Activity," Proceedings of 31st Annual Meeting, Human Factor Society, New York, NY, Oct. 19-23, 1987.
24. "Towards an Understanding of Internal Trunk Responses to Dynamic Trunk Activity," 1988 American Industrial Hygiene Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 15-20, 1988.
25. "Transfer Functions of Trunk Muscle Extensions During Motion," in F. Aghazadeh (ed.), Trends in Ergonomics/Human Factors V, also presented at Annual International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference '88, New Orleans, LA, June 8-10, 1988.
35 William S. Marras Page 36 26. "The Effects of Gloves on Grip Strength and Muscle Activity," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 32nd Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Oct. 2428, 1988, pg 647-650.
27. "Trunk Muscle Response to Trunk Asymmetry, Velocity and Load Level," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 32nd Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Oct. 24-28, 1988, pg 660-664.
28. "Trunk Muscle Loading in Non-Sagittally Symmetric Postures as a Result of Sudden Unexpected Loading Conditions," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 32nd Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Oct. 24-28, 1988, pg 665-669.
29. "Time Sequence Loading Patterns of the Trunk During Motion," 35th Annual Meeting, Orthopaedic Research Society, Las Vegas, NV, February 6-9, 1989.
30. "Trunk Structure Responses to Trunk Angular Acceleration as a Function of Trunk Asymmetry and Trunk Angle," American Industrial Hygiene Association Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 21-26, 1989.
31. "Towards the Assessment Of Dynamic Muscle Strength," American Industrial Hygiene Association Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 21-26, 1989.
32. "Trunk Strength as a Function of Trunk Asymmetry and Trunk Velocity During Concentric and Eccentric Exertions," Advances in Industrial Ergonomics and Safety I, (ed A. Mital), Taylor and Francis, 1989, also presented at Annual International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference '89, Cincinnati, OH, June 5-9, 1989.
33. "Quantitative Measures of Hand/Wrist Motions," RESNA 12th Annual Conference, June 25-30, 1989.
34. "Three Dimensional Measures of Trunk Motion Components During Manual Materials Handling in Industry," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 33rd Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Oct. 16-20, 1989.
35. "The Effects of Fatigue on Muscle Groups Under Dynamic Exertions," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 33rd Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Oct. 16-20, 1989.
36. "Validation of a Hand/Wrist Electromechanical Goniometer," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 33rd Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Oct. 16-20, 1989.
37. "Trunk Responses to Asymmetric Motion," Proceeding of Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 5-8, 1990.
38. "Wrist Movements and Cumulative Trauma Disorders," Proceedings of Occupational Disorders of the Upper Extremities, Ann Arbor, MI, March 29-30, 1990.
39. "A Biomechanical Analysis of Voluntary Trunk Acceleration," International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, June 13-17, 1990.
36 William S. Marras Page 37 40. "A Model of Spine Loading During Asymmetric Motion," Annual International Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference '90, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 10-13, 1990.
41. "A Dynamic Biomechanical Model of the Wrist Joint," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 34th Annual Meeting, Orlando FL, October 8-12, 1990.
42. "Muscle Activities During Asymmetric Trunk Angular Accelerations," Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Ergonomics and Safety Conference, Advances in Industrial Ergonomics and Safety III, Lake Tahoe, NV, June 10-14, 1991.
43. "Towards an Understanding of Spine Loading During Occupationally related Dynamic Trunk Activity," International Ergonomics Association, 11th Congress, Paris, France, July 15-20, 1991.
44. "Wrist Motions and CTD Risk in Industrial and Service Environments," International Ergonomics Association, 11th Congress, Paris, France, July 15-20, 1991.
45. "Muscle and Intra-Abdominal Activities During Asymmetric Trunk Angular Accelerations," International Ergonomics Association, 11th Congress, Paris, France, July 15-20, 1991.
46. "Trunk Muscle Activity and Intra-Abdominal Activity During Changes in Trunk Position, Velocity and Acceleration,” XIIIth International Congress on Biomechanics, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, December 9-13, 1991.
47. "The Role of Trunk Motion in Occupationally-Related Low Back Disorder," International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, 19th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 20- 24, 1992.
48. "Trunk Muscle Activity and Intra-Abdominal Activity During Changes in Trunk Position, Velocity and Acceleration," Advances in Industrial Ergonomics and Safety IV (S. Kumar, ed) Taylor and Francis, 1992.
49. "Trunk Muscle Response to Axial Twisting Motion," Advances in Industrial Ergonomics and Safety IV (S. Kumar, ed) Taylor and Francis, 1992.
50. "Modeling the Stochastic Nature of Trunk Muscle Forces," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting-1992, Human Factors Society Inc., Santa Monica, CA, 747-751.
51. "Industrial Quantification of Occupationally-Related Low Back Disorder Risk Factors," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting-1992, Human Factors Society Inc., Santa Monica, CA, 757-760.
52. "Towards an Understanding of Spine loading During Occupationally Related Dynamic Trunk Activities," (Plenary Address) Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association World Conference on Ergonomics Of Materials Handling and Information Processing at Work, Warsaw, Poland, Taylor and Francis, London, 25-32, June, 1993.
37 William S. Marras Page 38 53. "Use of Isokinetic Dynamometry to Quantify Internal Trunk Forces During Bending," Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association World Conference on Ergonomics Of Materials Handling and Information Processing at Work, Warsaw, Poland, Taylor and Francis, London, 93-96, June, 1993.
54. "A Stochastic Model of Trunk Muscle Coactivation During Trunk Bending Motions in the Sagittal Plane," Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association World Conference on Ergonomics Of Materials Handling and Information Processing at Work, Warsaw, Poland, Taylor and Francis, London, 159-162, June, 1993.
55. "Three Dimensional Dynamic Trunk Motions, Workplace Factors, and Occupational Low Back Disorder," Proceedings of the International Ergonomics Association World Conference on Ergonomics Of Materials Handling and Information Processing at Work, Warsaw, Poland, Taylor and Francis, London, 155-158, June, 1993.
56. "A Stochastic Model of Trunk Muscle Coactivation During Trunk Banding Motions," Proceedings of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Annual Meeting, Marseilles, France, June, 1993.
57. "Three-Dimensional Dynamic Trunk Motions and the Risk of Occupationally-Related Low Back Disorder," Proceedings of the International Society of Biomechanics XIVth Congress, Paris, France, 824-825, July, 1993.
58. "Wrist Motions in Industry: Variance Between Jobs and Subjects," Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 37th Annual Meeting, Seattle WA, October 1993.
59. "Variation in Trunk Mobility Throughout The Work Day," Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 37th Annual Meeting, Seattle WA, October 1993.
60. "A Catastrophe Theory-Based Model for Quantification of Risk of Low Back Disorders at Work," Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 37th Annual Meeting, Seattle WA, October 1993.
61. "Coactivity Effects Upon Carpal Tunnel Contact Forces," Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 37th Annual Meeting , Seattle WA, October 1993.
62. "Quantification of Hand Grip Force Under Dynamic Conditions," Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 37th Annual Meeting , Seattle WA, October 1993.
63. "The Influence of Anti-Fatigue Mats on Back and Leg Fatigue," Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 37th Annual Meeting, Seattle WA, October 1993.
64. “The Influence of Trunk Muscle Coactivity Upon Dynamic Spinal Loads,” Proceeding of 13th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Washington D.C., April 16-17, 1994
38 William S. Marras Page 39 65. “Muscle Activity and Spinal Loads During Dynamic Torsional Exertions,” Proceedings of American Society of Biomechanics Annual Meeting, October 13-15, 1994.
66. “Unique Anthropometric Characteristics of Industrial Population in the United States,” Proceedings of the 3rd Pan -Pacific Conference on Occupational Ergonomics, Soel Korea, November 13-17, 1994.
67. “Variability of Controlled Trunk Movement as a Measure of Sincerity of Effort During Evaluation of Capacity of Low -Back Patients,” Proceedings of the 3rd Pan-Pacific Conference on Occupational Ergonomics, Soel Korea, November 13-17, 1994.
68. “Dynamic Factors of Occupationally-Related Upper Limb Disorders,” Proceedings of International Conference on Occupational Disorders of the Upper Extremities, San Francisco, CA, December 1-2, 1994
69. Keynote Paper “The Effects of Dynamic Trunk Motion on the Risk of Low Back Disorders During Lifting,” Proceedings of the Australian Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Sydney, Australia, December 5-8, 1994.
70. Granata, K.P, Marras, W.S., and Davis, K.G., “The Influence of Back Belts on Dynamic Lifting Motions,” Conference Proceedings 19th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Stanford California, August 24-26, 1995.
71. Marras, W.S., and Granata, K.P., “A Biomechanical Assessment of Axial Twisting Exertions,” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October 9-13, 1995.
72. Marras, W.S., and Granata, K.P., “ Changes in Spine Loading During Repetitive Exertions,” International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Abstracts of the Annual Meeting, Burlington, Vermont, June 25 - 29, 1996.
73. Fathallah, F. A., Marras, W.S., and Parnianpour, M., “Spinal Combined Motions and Risk of Occupational Low Back Disorders,” International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Abstracts of the Annual Meeting, Burlington, Vermont, June 25 - 29, 1996.
74. Fathallah, F. A., Marras, W.S., and Parnianpour, M., “Spinal Combined Loading During Symmetric and Asymmetric Lifting Tasks,” International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Abstracts of the Annual Meeting, Burlington, Vermont, June 25 - 29, 1996.
75. Marras, W.S., Granata, K.P., Davis, K.P., Davis, K.G., Allread, W.G., and Jorgensen, M.J. “The Effects of Box Weight, Size, and Handle Coupling on Spine Loading During Depalletizing Operations,” Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 40th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, September 2 - 6, 1996.
76. Allread, W.G., Marras, W.S., Granata, K.P., Davis, K.G., and Jorgensen, M. J. “The Effects of Box Differences and Employee Job Experience on Trunk Kinematics and Low Back Injury Risk during Depalletizing Operations,” Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 40th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, September 2 - 6, 1996.
39 William S. Marras Page 40 77. Granata, K.P., Marras, W.S., and Ferguson, S.A. “Relation Between Biomechanical Spinal Load Factors and Risk of Occupational Low Back Disorders,” Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 40th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, September 2 - 6, 1996.
78. Fathallah, F.A., Marras, WS. and Parnianpour, M. “Three-Dimensional Spinal Loading During Complex Lifting Tasks,” Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 40th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, September 2 - 6, 1996.
79. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., and Crowell, R.R. “Three-Dimensional Functional Capacity of Normals and Low Back Pain Patients,” Proceeding of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 40th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, September 2 - 6, 1996.
80. Granata, K.P., Marras, W.S. and Kirking, B. “Influence of Experience on Lifting Kinematics and Spinal Loading,” Conference Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Atlanta, GA, October 17-19, 1996.
81. Marras, W.S. “Spine Loading During Whole-Body Free-Dynamic Lifting,” Proceedings of the 11th Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, Enschede, The Netherlands, October 27-30, 1996.
82. Marras, W.S. and Granata, K.P. “Spine Loading During Trunk Lateral Bending Motions,” Transactions of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, February 9-13, 1997.
83. Marras, W.S. and Granata, K.P. “An EMG-Assisted Model and Validation of Spine Loads Occurring During Trunk Forward Bending, Lateral Bending, and Twisting,” Proceedings of the 13th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Tampere, Finland, June 29 – July 4, 1997.
84. Marras, W.S., Allread, W.G., Jorgensen, M.J., and Fathallah, F.A. “A Prospective Validation of the LMM Low Back Disorder Risk Model,” Proceedings of the 13th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Tampere, Finland, June 29 – July 4, 1997.
85. Marras, W.S., Parnianpour, M., Ferguson, S.A., and Keefer-Lewis, K. “The Objective Assessment of Low Back Disorders Using Trunk Motion Measure Models,” Proceedings of the 13th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Tampere, Finland, June 29 – July 4, 1997.
86. Marras, W.S., Granata, K.P., Davis, K.G., Allread, W.G., and Jorgensen, M.J. “The Effects of Box Features on Spine Loading in Warehouse Operations,” Proceedings of the 13th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Tampere, Finland, June 29 – July 4, 1997.
87. Allread, W.G., Marras, W.S., Fathallah, F.A. “The Relationship Between Occupational Musculoskeletal Discomfort and Workplace, Personal, and Trunk Kinematic Factors,”
40 William S. Marras Page 41 Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 5-9, 1998.
88. Marras, W.S., Davis, K.G., Kirking, B.C., Bertsche, P.K. “Low Back Disorder Risk and Spinal Loading During Patient Transfer,” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 5-9, 1998.
89. Davis, K.G., and Marras, W.S. “Is Changing Box Weight an Effective Ergonomic Control?” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 5-9, 1998.
90. Treaster, D.E., and Marras, W.S. “A Biomechanical Assessment of Alternative Keyboards Using Tendon Travel,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
91. Marras, W.S. Plenary – “Occupational Low Back Disorder Causation and Control,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
92. Marras, W.S., Davis, K.G., Jorgensen, M.J. “Assessment of Anatomical Representations of the Trunk Muscles in EMG-Assisted Spinal Load Models,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
93. Davis, K.G., Marras, W.S., Heaney, C.A., Maronitis, A.B. “Influence of Job Stress on Muscle Activity and Spinal Loads,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
94. Fathallah, F.A., Marras, W.S., Parnianpour, M. “Combined Spinal Motion and Loading in Occupational Low Back Disorders,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
95. Davis, K.G., Marras, W.S., Young, D.P. “A Comparison of Males and Females during Asymmetric Lifting,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
96. Maronitis, A.B., Kovacs, K.M. Splittstoesser, R.E. Marras, W.S. “The Effectiveness of Whole-Body and Localized Measures of Fatigue,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
97. Lee, W., Karwowski, W., Marras, W.S. “A Neuro-Fuzzy System for Predicting the EMG of Trunk Muscles Based on Lifting Task Variables,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
98. Marras, W.S. “Overview of Electromyography in Ergonomics,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
41 William S. Marras Page 42 99. Ferguson, S.A., Marras, W.S., Heaney, C.A., Gupta, P. “Predicting Low Back Functional Performance Recovery,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
100. Cutlip, R.G., Marras, W.S., Warren, G.L., Rempel, D.M., Stauber, W.T. “Soft Tissue Pathomechanics and Its Application to Ergonomics [Panel],” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000. 101. Splittstoesser, R.E., Davis, K.G., Marras, W.S. “Trade-Offs between Trunk Flexion, Hip Flexion, and Knee Angle in Lifting Below Waist Level,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
102. Marras, W.S., Allread, W.G., Burr, D.L., Fathallah, F.A. “Validation of a Low-Back Disorder Risk Model in a Prospective Study of Ergonomic Interventions into Manual Materials Handling Jobs,” Proceedings of the IEA 2000/HFES 2000 Congress, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
103. Edgar, R., Karas, C., Baig, M., Shaw, A., Slittstoesser, R., Ferguson, S., Marras, W., Mendel, E., and Schiraldi, D. “The Use of Positional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Assess Patients with Low Back Pain” American Academy of Neurosurgeons Annual Meeting, November, 2009 104. Edgar, R., Karas, C., Baig, M., Shaw, A., Slittstoesser, R., Ferguson, S., Marras, W., Mendel, E., and Schiraldi, D. “The Use of Positional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Assess Patients with Low Back Pain” American Association of Neurosurgeons Spine Section Annual Meeting, September, 2009 105. “Tissue Load and Low Back Disorder Risk as a Function of Load Handling,” in Soft Tissue Disorders and Injuries of the Spine: Controversies in Ethiopathogenesis, Management and Costs. (eds. R. Gundsburg and M Szpalski) XVIth Brussels International Spine Symposium. Brussels, Belgium, November 20 & 21, 2009; p. 59. 106. Lavender, S.A., Marras, W.S., Ferguson, S.A., Splittstoesser, R.E., Yang, G. (2011). Developing biomechanical exposure based LBD risk models for manual lifting jobs in distribution centers. In the Transactions of the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, paper 783. 107. Lavender, S.A., Smmerich, C.M., Bigelow, S., Weston, E.B., Seagren, K., Amini Pay, N., Sillars, D., Ramachandrean, V., Sun, C., Xu, Y., Marras, W.S. (2019). Lifting Heavy Patients in their Homes: A biomechanical study of equipment that can be used by EMS providers. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2019 Annual Meeting, 984-986.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
1. "Evaluation of Controlled Static Exertions in Various Muscle Groups," NATO Symposium on Anthropometry and Biomechanics, Cambridge, England, July 5-11, 1980.
42 William S. Marras Page 43 2. "Ergonomic Evaluations of Back Trauma in Industry," Seminar presented at American Industrial Hygiene Association/Nation Safety Council Professional Development Conference, Denver, CO, March 7-11, 1983.
3. "Measurements of Load Upon the Lumbar Spine During Isometric and Isokinetic Lifting Activities," 7th Annual Conference of the American Society of Biomechanics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Sept. 23-30, 1983.
4. "The Effects of Motion Loading on the Lumbar Spine," 1983, Brouha Conference, Princeton, NJ, Nov. 9-11, 1983.
5. "Modeling Muscle Strength," University of Michigan Ergonomics Seminar, Ann Arbor, MI, December 6, 1983.
6. "An Overview of Human Factors in Ohio," 54th All Ohio Safety Congress, April 24-26, 1984.
7. "Corporate Strategies for Managing Back Injuries and Backache," The Ohio Manufacturers Association, Columbus, OH, Jan. 30, 1985.
8. "Biomechanical Modeling in Ergonomics," Seminar on Integrated Ergonomic Modeling", National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., June 17-18, 1985.
9. "Human Factors Issues in Hand Tool Use," 1985 Society of Automotive Engineers International Off Highway and Power Plant Congress and Exposition", Milwaukee, WI, September 9-12, 1985.
10. "Occupational Low Back Disorder Research," University of Michigan Human Factors Seminar, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Feb. 13, 1987.
11. "Industrial Low Back Research," American Society of Safety Engineers, J. Leonard Camera Center, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1987.
12. "The Development of a Dynamic Spine Model," Brouha Symposium, Blacksburg, VA, Sept. 8-11, 1987.
13. "The Ergonomics of Low Back Disorders," American Academy of Industrial Hygiene Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, Sept. 14-16, 1987.
14. "Recent Advances in Assessing Low Back Dysfunction," The Injured Back: Medical and Economic Consequences (Symposium), Savannah, GA, Sept. 25, 1987.
15. "Ergonomics Overview of Manual Materials Handling," presented at Topics of Ergonomics II: Ergonomics Overview for the Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH, July 19, 1988.
16. "Towards an Understanding of Three Dimensional Motion Components During Materials Handling," University of Michigan Ergonomics Seminar, Ann Arbor, MI, Nov. 23, 1988.
43 William S. Marras Page 44 17. "Examination of Current Technology for Measuring Trunk Forces," Third Annual B.A.C.K.S. Symposium, Phoenix, AZ Aug. 10-12, 1989.
18. "Wrist Motions and the Use of Retail Scanners," Brouha Symposium, Estes Park, CO, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 1989.
19. "Ergonomics Problems in the Rubber Industry," 11th Annual URW Joint Labor /Management Health and Safety Seminar, Daytona Beach, FL, Sept. 17-23, 1989.
20. "Biodynamics in Ergonomics," Seminar given at NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio Feb. 23, 1990.
21. "Wrist Movements and Cumulative Trauma Disorders," Occupational Disorders of the Upper Extremities, Ann Arbor, MI, March 29-30, 1990.
22. "Lumbar Motion Monitoring in Industry," American Back Society Spring Symposium on Back Pain, Chicago, IL, May 3-6, 1990.
23. "Testing for Deficits in Functional Performance, "American Back Society Spring Symposium on Back Pain, Chicago, IL, May 3-6, 1990.
24. "Development and Implementation of Ergonomics Programs in Industry," (Roundtable) American Industrial Hygiene Conference, Orlando, FL, May 13-18, 1990.
25. "Biodynamics and Ergonomics," Forty-fifth Annual Federal Safety and Health Conference (National Safety Council Congress and Exposition), Las Vegas, NV, October 29-31, 1990.
26. "Cumulative Trauma Disorders and Scanning," Sunoco Ergonomics and Front End Productivity Seminar, Chicago IL, November 5-7, 1990.
27. "Ergonomics and Biodynamics," Food Marketing Institute Risk Managers Conference, Phoenix, AZ, February 7, 1991.
28. "Industrial Medicine: The Challenge of the 1990's,” Chattecx Corporation, Baltimore, MD, March 15, 1991.
29. "Biodynamic Research and Industry," NCR Corporation Technical Conference, Atlanta GA, April 18, 1991.
30. "Towards an Understanding of Spine Loading During Occupationally related Dynamic Trunk Activity," International Ergonomics Association, 11th Congress, Paris, France, July 15-20, 1991.
31. "Wrist Motions and CTD Risk in Industrial and Service Environments," International Ergonomics Association, 11th Congress, Paris, France, July 15-20, 1991.
32. "Scanning and Upper Extremity Cumulative Trauma Disorders," Food Marketing Institute Ergonomics Conference, Dayton, Ohio, September 9-11, 1991.
44 William S. Marras Page 45 33. "New Research Findings in Occupational Low Back Disorders," Food Marketing Institute Ergonomics Conference, Dayton, Ohio, September 9-11, 1991.
34. "Work Place Analysis," Occupational Spinal Disorders: Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment, Chicago, IL, September 22-24, 1991.
35. "Pre-Employment Screening, Is It Worthwhile? (Con Position)," Occupational Spinal Disorders: Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment, Chicago, IL, September 22-24, 1991.
36. "Trunk Muscle Activity and Intra-Abdominal Activity During Changes in Trunk Position, Velocity and Acceleration," XIIIth International Congress on Biomechanics, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, December 9-13, 1991.
37. "The Role of Trunk Motion in Occupationally-Related Low Back Disorder," International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, 19th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 20- 24, 1992.
38. "The Biodynamics of Occupationally-Related Low Back Disorders," The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, June 24, 1992.
39. "Towards an Understanding of Spine loading During Occupationally Related Dynamic Trunk Activities," (Plenary Address) International Ergonomics Association World Conference on Ergonomics Of Materials Handling and Information Processing at Work, Warsaw, Poland, June, 14, 1993
40. "A Stochastic Model of Trunk Muscle Coactivation During Trunk Banding Motions," International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Annual Meeting, Marseilles, France, June 18, 1993.
41. "Three-Dimensional Dynamic Trunk Motions and the Risk of Occupationally-Related Low Back Disorder," International Society of Biomechanics XIVth Congress, Paris, France July 4, 1993.
42. “Dynamic Factors of Occupationally-Related Upper Limb Disorders,” International Conference on Occupational Disorders of the Upper Extremities, San Francisco, CA, December 1-2, 1994.
43. “The Effects of Dynamic Trunk Motion on the Risk of Low Back Disorders During Lifting,” (Keynote Address) Ergonomics Society of Australia Annual Meeting, Sydney, Australia, December 5-8, 1994.
44. “Biomechanical Exposure Measurements and their relation to occupational musculoskeletal disorders,” Third seminar on Current Trends in Research on Work- Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 24-28, 1995.
45. “Changes in Spine Loading During Repetitive Exertions,” International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Annual Meeting, Burlington, Vermont, June 25 - 29, 1996.
45 William S. Marras Page 46 46. “The Effects of Box Weight, Size, and Handle Coupling on Spine Loading During Depalletizing Operations,” Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 40th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, September 2 - 6, 1996.
47. “Spine Loading During Whole-Body Free-Dynamic Lifting,” (Keynote Lecture) 11th Congress of the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology, Enschede, The Netherlands, October 27-30, 1996
48. “The Quantification of Low Back Disorders,” (Annual Low Back Disorder Lecture) University of Vermont, Low Back Rehabilitation Engineering Center, Burlington, Vermont, February 17, 1998.
49. “The Prevention of Occupationally-Related of Low Back Disorders and the Clinical Assessment of those Disorders that Do Occur,” The University of Iowa Caterpillar Lecture, Iowa City, Iowa, April 22, 1999.
50. “Back Research Studies”, Ohio Safety Congress & Expo., Columbus, Ohio, April, 3, 2000.
51. “Potential Biomechanical Mechanisms for Psychosocial Stress,” Best Paper Award, International Society for the Study of Lumbar Spine Annual Meeting, Adelaide, Australia, April 10-13, 2000.
52. “Occupational Low Back Disorder Causation and Control (Plenary Address), IEA/HFES 2000 Conference, San Diego, CA, July 29 – August 4, 2000.
53. “Low Back Disorder Biomechanics and the Workplace”, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, October 10, 2000.
54. “The Relationship Between Psychosocial Stress and Low Back Spine Forces”, Invited address, International Conference on Applications of Human Performance in Health and Disability, March 26-29, 2001.
55. “The Evidence for Causality and Low Back Pain”, The University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, April 18, 2001.
56. “Clinical Assessment of Low Back Disorders using Biomechanics” Louisiana State University, School of Medicine, Visiting Professor Lecture, February 22, 2001.
57. “Job Analyses via Goniometric Based Instrumentation Methods”, American Industrial Hygiene Association Annual Conference, Invited Presentation, New Orleans, LA, June 4, 2001.
58. “Full Case Ergonomic Issues in Distribution Centers”, American Industrial Hygiene Association, Annual Conference, Invited Presentation, New Orleans, LA, June 6, 2001.
59. “Research in Academic Environments”, NASS Research Workshop. North American Spine Society Annual Meeting, Seattle WA, November 3, 2001.
46 William S. Marras Page 47 60. “Towards the Development of a Cumulative Trauma Metric for Occupationally-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders”, Invited Presentation, World Congress on Biomechanics, Calgary, Canada, August 5-9, 2002.
61. “Work-Related Low Back Disorder Causation and Control”, Keynote Address, ABERGO 2002 - the VII Latin-American Congress of Ergonomics, XII, Brazilian Ergonomics Congress and I Brazilian Seminar on Accessibility. Recife, Brazil September 1 to 5, 2002.
62. “The Future of Research in Understanding and Controlling Work-Related Low Back Disorders”, Plenary Address, XVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Seoul, South Korea, August 24-29, 2003.
63. “The Elements of Success” Convocation address at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 234, 2004.
64. “Biomechanics of Low Back Disorders,” Graduate Advanced Ergonomics Course for the State of California, San Diego, California, March 16, 2005.
65. “The Evaluation and Control of Occupationally Related Musculoskeletal Disorders,” Ergonomics Society of South Africa Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, September 13, 2005.
66. “The Evaluation and Control of Occupationally Related Musculoskeletal Disorders,” Ergonomics Society of South Africa Workshop, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, September 15, 2005.
67. “The Control of Work Related Low Back Disorders, “Rhodes University, South Africa, September 19, 2005.
68. “The Control of Work Related Low Back Disorders,” University of South Africa, Grahmstown, South Africa, September 20, 2005.
69. “Low Back Disorders During Patient Handling,” (keynote address) Minnesota Nurses Association 50th Annual Meeting. St. Paul, Minnesota, October 21, 2005.
70. “Understanding and Controlling Low Back Disorder Risk,” National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Morgantown, WV, January 18, 2006.
71. “Working Hurt: The Downward Spiral of Low Back Pain” 6th Annual Safe Patient Handling and Movement Conference, Keynote Address, Clearwater Beach, Florida, February 28, 2006.
72. "Low Back Disorder Risk During Patient Handling" Alaska State Nurses Conference” (keynote address), March 31, 2006, Anchorage, Alaska.
47 William S. Marras Page 48 73. “Lumbar spinal biomechanics in industrial setting - ramifications for discogenic injury” and “Functional assessment of the patient suffering from lumbar axial pain” First Annual Central Virginia Spine Symposium, Richmond VA - April 28, 2006.
74. "Biomechanics of Low Back Disorders" University of Chicago Surgery Grand Rounds, Chicago IL, May 10, 2006
75. "Low Back Pain and Patient Handling" Health Care Ergonomics Conference - Keynote Address, Portland OR, June 28, 2006
76. “Biomechanical Models and Back Pain,” Occupational Biomechanics Symposium: Celebrating 35 years of Progress and Looking Toward the Future, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, November 16-17, 2006.
77. “Working Hurt: The Downward Spiral of Low Back Pain” New England Safe Patient Handling Conference Keynote Address” (keynote Address), Mass. Nurses Association, January 12, 2007.
78. “Biomechanical Evidence that Manual Lifting is Not Safe,” 7th Annual Safe Patient Handling & Movement Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, March 12-16, 2007.
79. “The Working Back,” Ohio Safety Congress and Expo, Cleveland, OH, March 20-22, 2007.
80. “The Biomechanics of Low Back Pain,” (Grand Rounds). Beaumont Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, September 17, 2007.
81. “The Working Back,” (Invited Plenary Lecture), Industrial Ergonomics Technical Group, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Baltimore MD., October 3, 2007.
82. “Low Back Disorders in Distribution Centers,” Plenary Address, FMI Risk Management Conference, Dallas TX, October 15, 2007.
83. “The Working Back” (Keynote Address), Conference on Industrial Risk Engineering, Montreal, Canada, December 17, 2007.
84. “The Trade-off in Spine Loads during Patient Pushing and Pulling,” Geoff Kelafant Lecture (plenary address), 8th Annual Patient Handling and Movement Conference, Orlando FL, March 12, 2008.
85. “The Biodynamics of Occupational Low Back Disorders,” (invited plenary address) 6th International Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention. A Coruna, Galicia, Spain. May 15, 2008.
86. “Biomechanical Risk to the Low Back and Patient Handling” (keynote address), Department of Veterans Affairs, Safe Patient Handling Conference, Tampa, FL. September 15-18, 2008.
48 William S. Marras Page 49 87. “Lumbar Spine Biomechanics, Spinal Loading and Musculoskeletal Disorder Causation and Control” (plenary address), 2d Neuromechanical Symposium, Phoenix, AZ. November 8-9, 2008.
88. “Risk to the Low Back During Patient Handling,” Massachusetts Nurses Association 2nd Annual Safe Patient Handling Conference. Randolph, MA, November 21, 2008.
89. “What We Know About Risk to the Low Back Due to Occupational Exposure and Patient Handling,” Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety and Heath Conference / Health Care Ergonomics Conference (Keynote Address), Portland, OR, March 11, 2009.
90. “Evaluation of Biomechanical Risks to the Low Back due to Patient Handling,” 17th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Beijing, China, August 9-14, 2009.
91. “Tissue Load and Low Back Disorder Risk as a Function of Load Handling,” XVIth Brussels International Spine Symposium. Brussels, Belgium, November 20 & 21, 2009.
92. “Biomechanics of Patient Handling,” Ergonomics Interventions and Research: Workplace Musculoskeletal Disorder Rehabilitation and Prevention, San Francisco Bay Area, CA; December 10-11, 2009.
93. “The Biomechanics of Patient Handling,” (Keynote Address) Risk Management from Manual Patient Handling Conference at Universita Degli Studi Di Milano Hospital, Milan, Italy, February 24, 2010.
94. “Low Back Pain Development and Patient Handling,” Goeff Kelafant Lecture (plenary address), 10th Annual Safe Patient Handling and Movement Conference, Orlando, FL. March 30, 2010.
95. “Biomechanical Modeling of the Lumbar Spine, “National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Houston, TX; April 5, 2010.
96. “Quantifying Low Back Pain,” National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Workshop on Deconstructing Back Pain (also presented as webcast). Rockville, MD, May 10-11, 2011.
97. “The Evolution of a Personalized Biodynamic Model of the Lumbar Spine,” (Keynote Address) Complex Spine Study Group Conference, Phoenix, AZ, January 14, 2011.
98. “Biomechanics of Patient Handling” (keynote address), Massachusetts Nursing Association 6th Annual Clinical Nursing Practice Conference. Worcester, MA. May 13, 2011.
49 William S. Marras Page 50 99. “Biomechanical Differences Between the Intact Spine and the Spine Instrumented with a Total Disc Replacement (TDR), International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) 38th Annual Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden. June 14-18, 2011.
100. “The Complex Spine: The multi-dimensional system of causal pathways for low back disorders,” International Ergonomics Association Triennial Meeting. (Keynote Address), Recife, Brazil. February 13-16, 2012.
101. “Low Back Pain Development and Patient Handling,” Safe Patient Handling and Movement Conference: East (keynote address), Orlando FL, March 20, 2012.
102. “The Evolution of a Personalized Biomechanical Model of the Lumbar Spine,” Sam Bloomfield Distinguished Engineer-in-Residence Lecture, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS. April 4, 2012.
103. “Low Back Pain and Your Brain” TEDx Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. April 13, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-kJ4XD5xQk
104. “Low Back Pain and Patient Handling,” Keynote address. 5th Annual Safe Patient Handling West Conference, San Diego, CA. September 10, 2013
105. “The Working Back: A Systems View,” Keynote address. Puget Sound Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Occupational Ergonomics Symposium, Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA, September 18, 2013.
106. “Low Back Biomechanics and Patient Handling,” National Research Council, Patient Handling and Movement National Workshop, Washington D.C., October 17, 2013.
107. “The Working Back: A Systems View,” Epstein Lecture, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, October 29, 2013.
108. “Low Back Disorder Development and Patient Handling,” Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, November 5, 2013.
109. “Low Back Pain Development and Patient Handling,” Ohio Safety Congress, 2014, Greater Columbus Convention Center, March 27, 2014.
110. “The Working Back.” Dean’s Distinguished Lecture, Texas A&M University, College Station TX, April 22, 2014.
111. “Low Back Pain Causation and Prevention in Patient Handling Activities,” Keynote Lecture. 5th National HealthCare Ergonomics Conference. Oregon Convention Center. Portland, OR, September 9, 2014.
50 William S. Marras Page 51 112. “Role of Ergonomics in Design,” (keynote address) National Perspectives on Ergonomics Workplace Design, and Health. University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley, CA. May 22, 2015.
113. “The Role of Biomechanics in Understanding Low back Disorder Causal Pathways: Prevention and Clinical Assessment” (keynote address), 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Columbus, OH. August 7, 2015.
114. “Computer Modeling in Spine: Innovative Technology” Ohio State Neurosurgical Society Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, April 16, 2016.
115. “Personalized Assessment of Spine Loads” (plenary address), Global Brain Health and Performance Summit. Columbus OH, May 12, 2016.
116. “Relevance: Where are we going anyway? (Presidential address), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 60th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. September 20, 2016.
117. “The Control of Low Back and Shoulder Disorders Resulting from Pushing and Pulling Activities,” Ohio Safety Congress and Expo 2017, Columbus OH, March 8, 2017.
118. “Personalized Assessments of Low Back Disorders,” Ohio Workers’ Compensation Medical and Health Symposium, Columbus, OH, March 10, 2017.
119. “Understanding Causal Pathways for Low Back Disorders,” (Keynote address), The 2017 Chittenden Symposium on Assistive Technologies in Health, The University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, March 31, 2017.
120. “The Spine Research Institute,” presentation to the Ohio State University Board of Trustees. Columbus, OH, June 7, 2017.
121. Disrupter Series: Update on IOT Opportunities and Challenges; Testimony to the United States Congress, House of Representatives, 115th Congress, Committee on Energy and Commerce. Washington D.C., June 13, 2017.
122. “Biomechanically-Determined Guidelines for Occupational Pushing and Pulling,” 2018 Ohio Safety Congress, Columbus, OH, March 8, 2018.
123. “Personalized Assessments of Spine Disorders,” Orthopaedic Research Society Spine Section Symposium, New Orleans, LA, March 9, 2018.
124. “Understanding Low Back Disorders through Personalized Assessments,” International Ergonomics Association 20th Congress, Florence, Italy, August 27, 2018.
125. “Spine Research: Current and Future” (Keynote Address), 22nd Annual Applied Ergonomics Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 26, 2019.
51 William S. Marras Page 52 126. “Comparison of Agonist vs. Fully Coactive Lumbar Spine Model Behaviors,” 3rd International Workshop on Spine Loading and Deformation, Berlin, Germany, July 5, 2019.
127. “Understanding the Science of Worker Injury: Current and Future Trends,” 202 Association of Safe Patient handling Professions 1st Annual conference. San Diego CA, March 3, 2020.
CONFERENCE / SHORT COURSE ORGANIZATION
Marras, W.S. (Symposium Director) State-of-the Art Developments in Low Back Pain Control, Columbus Ohio, April 14-15, 1993 (Attendance: 350).
Marras, W.S. (Organizer) VDT-Related CTD Research Symposium, Deer Creek State Park, Mt. Sterling, OH (Attendance: 45).
Marras, W.S., Andersson, G.B. (Symposium Co-Directors) State-of-the Art Developments in Low Back Pain Prevention, Control, and Treatment, St. Louis, MO, March 11-13, 1996 (Attendance: 300).
Marras W.S. and Smith P.J. (Short Course Developers and Instructors) “Ergonomics for Engineers” Taught to Ford Motor Company (6 times / year - 1985 to 2009).
Marras W.S. and Smith P.J. (Short Course Developers and Instructors) “Ergonomics for Industry” offered nationwide (1990-2004).
Marras, W.S. (Symposium Director with Thomas Waters) State-of-the Art Research Perspectives on Musculoskeletal Disorder Causation and Control, Columbus, Ohio, May 21 and 22, 2003. Published in a special issue of the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 14(1), 2004.
Phillips, F., Marras, W.S., Lola, C., and Gruenberg, M., (course chairmen). ISSLS Instructional Course on Spine Surgery. Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 25-26, 2010.
Allread, W.G. and W.S. Marras. The Ohio State University Ergonomics Short Course (3-1/2 days) offered twice per year since 1995.
RESEARCH
Funded Grants and Contracts (as Principal Investigator)
1. Marras, W. S. April 1979 Institute of Gerontology, Detroit MI $3,000 "Aging Effects on Finger Force Limitations"
52 William S. Marras Page 53 2. Friedman, R. A. and W. S. Marras, (Co-PI) May 1981 Rehabilitation Institute Foundation, Detroit, MI $66,315 "Physiological Variables in Dynamic Spinal Extension Motion"
3. Marras, W. S. March 1983 University Small Research Grant (OSU) $7,200 "The Force-Velocity Relationship of the Low Back"
4. Marras, W. S. July 1983 Public Health Service (NIOSH), Atlanta, GA $41,366 "Isometric vs. Isokinetic Back Lifting Performance"
5. Reilly, C. H. and W. S. Marras (Co-PI) April, 1984 University Seed Grant (OSU) $11,100 "Toward the Development of a Spine Motion Mathematical Model"
6. Marras, W. S. May 1984 National Science Foundation, Washington D.C. $10,850 "Cybex II Isokinetic Dynamometer for Biomechanic Motion Evaluation"
7. Marras, W. S., Lundquist, R. G. and T. H. Rockwell August 1984 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA $199,967 "An Analysis of Hand Tool Injuries in the Underground (2 years) Mining Industries"
8. Marras, W. S. and P. E. Wongsam January 1986 Industrial Commission of Ohio, Columbus, OH $99,885 "An Evaluation of the Motion Component in Manual Lifting"
9. Marras, W. S. January 1986 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA $8,845 "Laboratory Testing of Underground Coal Miners"
10. Marras, W. S. April 1986 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA $24,940 "The Development of an Electromyography Data Acquisition System"
11. Marras, W. S. January 1987 Industrial Commission of Ohio, Columbus, OH $115,303 "An Evaluation of the Motion Component in Manual Lifting: Stage II."
12. Marras, W. S. January 1987
53 William S. Marras Page 54 Association of American Railroads, Washington D.C. $10,000 "The Development of a Spine Motion Model"
13. Marras, W. S. April 1988 Industrial Commission of Ohio, Columbus, OH $183,990/year "An Evaluation of the Motion Component (4 years) in Manual Lifting: Stage III"
14. Marras, W. S. March 1988 National Institute of Disability and $23,749/year Rehabilitation Research, Washington D.C. (5 years) "Quantitative Measures of Hand/Wrist Motions"
15. Marras, W. S. March 1988 National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation $39,048/year Research, Washington, D.C. (5 years) "Quantification of Motion Characteristics in Low Back Disorders"
16. Marras, W.S. January 1989 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Atlanta GA $34,108/year "Quantitative Measures of Wrist Motions" (2 years)
17. Marras, W.S. March 1989 NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH $100,264 "Investigations of Wrist Motions Contributing to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Risk in the Design of Retail Scanners"
18. Marras, W.S. March 1989 NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH $35,000 Biodynamics Laboratory Equipment Grant
19. Marras, W.S. March 1990 NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH $150,000 "Investigations of Wrist Motions Contributing to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Risk in the Design of Retail Scanners, Phase II"
20. Marras, W.S. June 1991 Food Marketing Institute, Washington, D.C. $321,000 "A Field Validation of Biomechanical Risk Factors Associated with Scanning" (Phase III)
21. Marras, W.S. July 1990 NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH $300,000 NCR Biodynamics Laboratory Refurbishing Gift
22. Marras, W.S. May 1991
54 William S. Marras Page 55 IBM Corporation, Raleigh, NC $26,500 Equipment Grant for a Video Motion Analysis System
23. Marras, W.S. June 1991 NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH $45,000 “Biodynamic testing of a Scanner Prototype”
24. Marras, W.S. August 1992 Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Columbus, OH $750,000 “The Evaluation of the Motion Component in (3 years) Occupationally-Related Low Back Disorders, Phase II: Industrial Applications, Validation and Clinical Uses of the Technology”
25. Marras, W.S. June 1992 Institute for Office Ergonomics, Burlington, VT $22,000 “A Biomechanical Evaluation of Tendon Travel” During Keyboard Work”
26. Marras, W.S. July 1992 The Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford, CT $100,000 “A Biodynamic Investigation of Back and Wrist Cumulative Trauma Disorders”
27. Marras, W.S. May 1993 NCR Corporation, Atlanta, GA $225,000 “NCR Designated Chair for Biodynamic Research” (3 years)
28. Marras, W.S., Parnianpour, M., and S.R. Simon June 1993 National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation $361,050 Research, Washington, D.C. (5 years) “The Quantification and Interpretation of Back Motion as an Evaluative Tool in Low Back Disorders”
29. Parnianpour, M., Marras, W.S., and S.R. Simon June 1993 National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation $361,050 Research, Washington, D.C. (5 years) “Development of Clinical Protocols Based on Ergonomic Job Evaluation in Response to Americans with Disability Act (1992)”
30. Marras, W.S. October 1993 The Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford, CT $50,000 “A Biomechanical Analysis of Lifting Belts.” (one year)
31. Marras, W.S. October 1994 The Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford, CT $50,000
55 William S. Marras Page 56 “The Quantification of Low Back Injuries” (one year)
32. Marras, W.S. December 1994 General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI $45,000 “Spine Loading During and Psychosocial Stress” (one year)
33. Marras, W.S. May 1995 U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. $9,500 “Validation of the OSHA Ergonomics Checklist” (six months)
34. Marras, W.S. September 1995 Zimmerman International Corp. Detroit, MI $100,010 “A Biomechanical Evaluation of Industrial Balancers” (one year)
35. Marras, W.S. July 1995 Food Marketing Institute, Washington D.C. $75,658 “A Biodynamic Assessment of Low Back Disorder Risk in (one year) Distribution Centers”
36. Marras, W.S. September 1995 U. S. Army, Washington D.C. $558,420 “A Spine Loading Model of Women in the Military” (4 years)
37. Marras, W.S. December 1995 Center for VDT and Health Research, $115,000 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD (2 years) “The Assessment of Tendon Travel as a Function of Keyboard Characteristics”
38. Marras, W.S. January 1996 Crown Equipment Corporation, New Bremen, OH $25,000 “Analysis of an Ergonomic Pallet Jack” (one year)
39. Marras, W.S. September 1996 Vision Pharmaceutical, Irvine, CA $35,000 “Velocity and Acceleration Performance of the Human Trunk (one year) in Patients Receiving a Therapeutic Agent for Back Injuries”
40. Marras, W.S. January 1997 Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, $77,000 Olympia WA (six months) “Spine Loading and Risk of Low Back Disorder during Patient Lifting”
41. Marras, W.S. April 1997 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Atlanta GA $364,672
56 William S. Marras Page 57 “Spine Loading During Whole-Body Free-Dynamic Lifting” (3 years)
42. Marras, W.S. and S.R. Simon August 1999 National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research $667,763 “AT of Ohio” (1 year)
43. Marras, W.S. November 1998 UAW-GM Center for Human Resources Health & Safety Center $670,217 Detroit, MI (3 years) “Work Related Low Back Pain Prevention”
44. Marras, W.S. January 1998 Ingersoll-Rand Materials Handling $120,000/yr “Quantitative Evaluation of Spinal Loads During (3 years) Materials Handling”
45. Marras, W. July 1999 Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation $722,025 “The Prevention of Secondary Low Back Disorders” (3 years)
46. Marras, W.S. and S.R. Simon August 1999 National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research $1,032,782 “AT of Ohio” (1 year)
47. Marras, W.S. and S.R. Simon August 2000 National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research $595,695 “Assistive Technology of Ohio” (1 year)
48. Marras, W.S. and Lavender, S. September 2000 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health $1,722,614 “Identifying Safe Load Moment Exposures for the Back” (5 years)
50. Marras, W.S. September 2000 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health $919,257 “Spine Loading and Overexertion during Repetitive Lifting” (4 years)
51. Marras, W.S. and C. Heaney September 2001 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health $846,835 “Biomechanical and Psychosocial Risks for LBD.” (3 years)
52. Marras, W.S. August 2001 National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research $397,130 Assistive Technology (AT) of Ohio (1 year)
53. Marras, W.S. September 2002 Davis III, K. (U of Cincinnati), Karwowski, W. (U of Louisville) $1,438,661
57 William S. Marras Page 58 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (4 years) “Neuro-Fuzzy Prediction of Spine Loads in Response to Risk Factors”
54. Marras, W.S. & K.P. Granata (University of Virginia) September 2002 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health $605,575 “Spinal Loads and Stability During Pushing” (4 years)
55. Marras, W.S. August 2002 National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research $397,130 Assistive Technology (AT) of Ohio (1 year)
56. Marras, W.S. June 2003 Appalachian Regional Commission $200,000 “Ohio State University Technology Outreach Program for Assisted (1.5 years) Self-Help”
57. Marras, W.S. August 2004 National Institute of Disability & Rehabilitation Research $572,535 “Assistive Technology of Ohio” (2 years)
58. Marras, W.S. September 2004 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health $459,491 “Identifying Safe Load Moment Exposures for the Back” (4 years)
59. Marras, W.S. October 2004 National Institute of Disability & Rehabilitation Research $397,130 “State Grants for Assistive Technology” (2 years)
60. Sommerich, C.M., Buford, J.A., Lavender, S.A., Marras, W.S., April 2005 Pease, W.S. $210,405 National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (1 year) “Macaque Model for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Due to Overuse”
61. Marras, W.S., Smith, P.J. July 2005 Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. $26,163 “Upstream Ergonomics: A Demonstration Project” (1 year)
62. Marras, W.S. July 2005 BMW of North America, LLC $230,134 “Quantitative Assessment of Tasks and Control of MSD Risk” (1 year)
63. Marras, W.S. October 2005 U.S. Department of Education $426,637 “Assistive Technology” (2 years)
58 William S. Marras Page 59 64. Marras, W.S. May 2006 Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. $224,906 “Simulate Adjustable Height Vehicle Body Coupled with People (1 year) Mover System / Evaluation of Rotate Body System”
65. Marras, W.S., Lavender, S.A., Sommerich, C.A. June 2006 Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. $42,170 “Ergonomics Evaluations of Sanding Tasks at Honda of America (10 months) Mfg, Inc.”
66. Marras, W.S. October 2006 U.S. Department of Education $426,460 “Assistive Technology Act” (2 years)
68. Marras, W.S. July 2007 Seating Model Consortium $476,000 (B/E Aerospace-Design Studio, Faurecia, Steelcase) (5 years)
69. Marras, W.S. August 2007 Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. $90,738 “SuperChair Ergonomics Assessment Phase I” (3 months)
70. Marras, W.S. February 2008 Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. $224,090 “SuperChair Ergonomics Assessment Phase II” (1 year)
71. Marras, W.S. February 1, 2009 Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. $99,951.00 “Toward the development of risk exposure limits for (1 year) Automobile assembly tasks”
72. Marras, W.S. and Mendel, E. July 1, 2009 Lanx, Inc $5,800,000 “A Kinematic Assessment/Personalized Biomechanical (5 years) Model System to Track and Assist Treatment of Lumbar Spine Disorders”
73. Marras, W.S. July 1, 2009 Faurecia, Inc. $75,000 “A Biomechanical Seat Evaluation” (6 mo.)
74. Marras, W.S. October 1, 2009 US Department of Education $547,392 “Assistive technology act” (2 years)
75. Marras, W.S., Lavender, S.A., Smith, P.J., Sommerich, C.M September 30, 2010
59 William S. Marras Page 60 Occupational Safety & Health Admin $200,000 “Improving the health and safety of hotel housekeepers (1 year) Through ergonomics awareness training”
76. Marras, W.S. October 1, 2010 US Department of Education $545,483 “Assistive technology act” (2 years)
77. Marras, W.S. January 1, 2011 Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation $250,000 “A pilot study of the effects of muscle relaxants on (1 year) spine loading forces”
78. Marras, W.S. July 26, 2011 Intelligent Automation, Inc $5,000 “Analysis of seating information” (2 months)
79. Marras, W.S. August 1, 2011 K2M $250,000 “Towards the development of a personalized spine (1 year, 5 months) Model normative database (platform) to evaluate spine instrumentation”
80. Marras, W.S. October 1, 2011 US Department of Education $543,607 “Assistive technology act” (2 years)
81. Marras, W.S. April 8, 2013 Honda R&D Co., Ltd. $75,280 “BSA Effort - Step 1” (3 months)
82. Marras, W.S. April 2013 Steelcase $105,000 Quantitative Assessment of Office Seating
83. Marras, W.S. April 2013 Faurecia $50,000 Research Donations
84. Marras, W.S. October 2012 - Sept 2014 U.S. Department of Education $505,472 Assistive Technologies of Ohio
85. Marras, W.S. Jan – Dec 2014 Focal Upright $75,000 Quantitative Assessment of a Perching Workstation
60 William S. Marras Page 61
86. Marras, W.S. June 2015 – May 2017 Ohio Bureau of Worker’s Compensation $249,269 Development of Push/Pull Guidelines,”
87. Marras, W.S. April 2015-Sept. 2016 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services $931,928.49 Assistive Technologies Ohio
88. Marras, W.S. Oct. 2015 – Oct. 2016 Boeing $50,000 Lifting in the 737
89. Marras, W.S. Sept 2015 – Aug 2018 Exposure Response Relationships for Low Back Pain $184,071 from Pooled Data NIOSH (subcontract from U. Wisconsin)
90. Marras, W.S. Sept 2014 - Aug 2015 URP project: Lumbar Motion Monitor $30,000 FORD
91. Marras, W.S. Aug 2014 – Sept 2016 Biomechanical Analysis of Airline Baggage Handling $24,459 NIOSH
92. Marras, W.S. Aug 2015 – Sept 2015 Quantitative Evaluation of Long Reach Countermeasures $7,000 (Phase I) Toyota
93. Marras, W.S. Dec 2015 – Mar 2016 Ergonomics Tracking System Analysis $12,000 Toyota
94. Marras, W.S. Sept 2015 – Feb 2016 Quantitative Evaluation of Long Reach Countermeasures $48,000 (Phase II) Toyota
95. Marras, W.S. Dec 2015 – Feb 2016 Quantitative Evaluation of Long Reach Countermeasures $73,350 (Phase II) Toyota
95. Marras, W.S. Jan. – March 2016
61 William S. Marras Page 62 Evaluation of a Chairless Chair Workplace Exoskeleton $39,400 Toyota
96. Marras, W.S. Jan. – March 2016 Long Term Evaluation of Long Reach Countermeasures $98,500 (Phase IV) Toyota
97. Marras, W.S. Sept 2016 - Aug 2018 URP project: Lumbar Motion Monitor MOCAP Conversion $150,000 FORD
98. Marras, W.S. Oct. 2016-Sept 2018 Relation between motion sickness and low back pain $1.2M Federal Research Network
99. Marras, W.S. Sept 2016 - Aug 2017 A Biomechanical Analysis of Baggage Handling $39,850 Inside Compartments of Narrow - Bodied Airplanes NIOSH
100. Marras, W.S. July, 2017–June 2019 Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Columbus, OH $250,000 Biomechanically-determined risk limits for one-handed lifting exposures
101. Marras, W.S. Aug., 2017- July, 2018 Planning NSF/IUCRC The OSU: Center for Disruptive $14,996 Musculoskeletal Innovations (CDMI)
102. Marras, W.S. Mar. 2018 - May 2018 Preliminary Wearable Exposure Metric System for Shoulder $45,000 Of Shoulder Kinematics
103. Marras, W.S July, 2018 - Dec. 2018 Boeing, Ergonomic Testing of Ekso Work Vest $150,000
104. Marras, W.S. July 2018 - Dec. 2018 Boeing, Ergonomic Testing of Sarcos Active $100,000 Exoskeleton
105. Marras, W.S. July 2018 - Jun 2020 Bureau of Workers’ Compensation $250,000 Biomechanical Evaluation of Exoskeletons for Overhead Tasks
62 William S. Marras Page 63 106. Marras, W.S. Sept.2019-Aug. 2021 National Institutes of Health $902,096 The Spine Phenome Project: Enabling Technology for Personalized Medicine
107. Marras, W.S. Sept.2019-Aug.2021 National Institutes of Health $902,096 UCSF Core Center for Patient-centric Mechanistic Phenotyping in Chronic Low Back Pain
108. Marras, W.S. Sept. 2020-Dec 2020 Department of Defense / AFRL $243,195 Biomechanical Evaluation of Military Aviation-Related Occupational Tasks on the Spine
109. Marras, W.S. June 2019-May 2021 Bureau of Workers’ Compensation $249,940 Spine Kinematic Metrics as an Indicator of Safe Return to Work
110. Marras, W.S. Dec 2019-Nov 2024 National Science Foundation $499,970 Phase II IUCRC The Ohio State University: Center for Disruptive Musculoskeletal Innovations
111. Marras, W.S. Oct 2018-Sep 2020 Administration for Community Living $609,848 Assistive Technology of Ohio
112. Marras, W.S. Sept 2017-Sept 2020 University of Wisconsin (sub to CDC) $196,071 Exposure-Response Relationships for Low Back Pain from the Pooled Data
113. Marras. W.S. Oct 2019-July 2020 Amazon.com, Inc. $420,753 Risk Intervention Assessment of POD Design
114. Marras, W.S. Dec 2019-Nov 2022 Uniform Services University $327,600 Predicting and Preventing Low Back Pain in MARSOC Raider Trainees, Marine Raiders and Marine Aviators at Camp Lejeune
115. Marras, W.S. Dec 2019-July 2021 Department of Defense STTR (Phase II) $1,100,000 Cervical Spine Health Improvement Products
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STUDENT ADVISING / MENTORING
Ph.D. (major advisor)
Dr. Steven Lavender, (1990), Dissertation: The role of cognitive functions and biomechanical preparatory responses in maintaining spinal stability during sudden loading of the torso
Dr. Sudhakar Rajulu (1990) Dissertation: Decomposition of electromyographic signals for biomechanical interpretation
Dr. Richard Schoenmarklin (Marklin) (1991) Biomechanical analysis of wrist motion in highly repetitive, hand-intensive industrial jobs
Dr. Gary Mirka (1992) Dissertation: A stochastic simulation model of the muscles of the trunk during lifting.
Dr. Kevin Granata (1993) Dissertation: An EMG-assisted model of biomechanical trunk loading during free-dynamic lifting
Dr. Carolyn Sommerich (1994) Dissertation: A biomechanical analysis of repetitive finger motion during typing activities
Dr. Fadi Fathallah (1995) Dissertation: Coupled spine motions, spine loading and risk of occupationally-related low back disorders
Dr, Jung-Yong Kim (1995) Dissertation: Patterns of trunk neuromuscular performance in normal subjects and low-back patients.
Dr. Sue Ferguson (1998) Dissertation: Quantification of low back pain recovery using biomechanical, symptom, activities of daily living and work status measures
Dr. W. Gary Allread (2000) Dissertation: An investigation of the relationship between personality and risk factors for musculoskeletal disorders.
Dr. Kermit Davis (2001) Dissertation: Interaction between biomechanical and psychosocial workplace stressors: implications for biomechanical responses and spinal loading
Dr. Michael J. Jorgensen (2001) Dissertation: Quantification and modeling of the lumbar erector spinae as a function of sagittal plane torso flexion
Dr. Sean Gallagher (2003) Dissertation: Dissertation: Effects of torso flexion on fatigue failure of the human lumbosacral spine
Dr. Delia Treaster (2003) Dissertation: An investigation of postural and visual stressors and their interactions during computer work
64 William S. Marras Page 65 Dr. Naira Campbell-Kyureghyan (2004) Dissertation: Computational analysis of the time- dependent biomechanical behavior of the lumbar spine.
Dr. Gang Yang (2010) Dissertation: The biochemical response to biomechanical loading on the low back during physical work exposure.
Dr. Jaejin Hwang (2016) Dissertation: The development of a personalized curved muscle model applicable to complex dynamic exertions.
Dr. Peter Le (2016) Dissertation: A method to describe coactivation for the lumbar and cervical spine.
Dr. Riley E. Splittstoesser (2016) Dissertation: Inflammatory Responses to Combinations of: Mental Load, Repetitive Lifting and Subject Personality.
Dr. Mina Alizadeh (2019) Dissertation: The Development of an EMG-Assisted Cervical Spine Biomechanical Model.
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