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Dr. Katherine Harman

Measuring Sitting Behaviour: The Effect of Workplace Stressors on Posture and Posture Changes
Sore back? Stiff neck? Research involving Drs. Anne Fenety and Katherine Harman shows that a seated workforce performing computer tasks under stressful conditions adopt postures that require more effort.

Examining Current Physiotherapy Practice with Low Back Pain
Drs. Anne Fenety and Katherine Harman used quantitative and qualitative approaches to gather data on what treatment is provided and to examine practice patterns of physiotherapists in the delivery of care to injured workers with sub-acute low back pain.

Work-Related Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Factors Influencing Treatment and Compensation Decisions
Dr. Katherine Harman is part of a team examining health professionals’ assessments of the pain experienced by injured workers and their impact on decisions about the individual and their management.