Senior Research Associate Engineer
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| ADDRESS Biodynamic Laboratory 210 Baker Systems 1971 Neil Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210 OFFICE Room 236 Baker Systems PHONE (614) 537-4508 FAX (614) 292-8655 ferguson.4@osu.edu |
My current research interests focus on low back injury prevention and rehabilitation. Low back injuries and rate of recovery may be influenced by a multitude of factors including; severity of injury, treatment, personal factors, psychological factors, psychosocial factors as well as the physical demands of the workplace. My current research interests are in determining at what stage of the injury/recovery process each of the factors has the greatest impact. Gaining an understanding of the influence of these factors may allow us to minimize the extent of the injury and/or speed up the recovery process.
Link to biodynamic lab web page
Ph.D.
Ergonomics and Rehabilitation, Industrial and Systems
Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1998
M.S.
Biomechanics and Ergonomics, Industrial and Systems
Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1990
B.S.
Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1988
BCPE Associate Member
Ergonomics Society
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
1990 Human Factors Ergonomic
Technical Group: Best Student Paper Award
1993 Vienne Award
1997 Graduate Student Alumni Research Award
1997 Center of Labor Research
1. Marras, W., Ferguson, S.,
Simon, S. (1990). “Three Dimensional Dynamic motor Performance of the
Normal Trunk”. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. 6,
211-232.
2. Ferguson, S., Marras, W., Waters, T.R. (1992). “Quantification of
Back Motion During Asymmetric Lifting”. Ergonomics. 35, (7/8),
845-859.
3. Ferguson, S., Marras, W. (1992). “Quantification of Velocity
Coupling During Asymmetric Lifting. International Journal of
Industrial”. Ergonomics. 10, 207-215.
4. Marras, W., Lavender, S., Leurgans, S., Rajulu, S., Allread, W., Fathallah, F., Ferguson, S. (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 Characteristic on Injury.” Spine. 18(5), 617-628.
5. Marras, W., Parnianpour, M., Ferguson, S., Kim, J., Crowell, R., Simon S. (1993). “Quantification and Classification of Low Back Disorders Based on Trunk Motion”. European Journal of Physical Medicine. 3, 218-235.
6. Marras, W., Parnianpour, M., Kim, J., Ferguson, S., Crowell, R., Simon S. (1994). “A Normal Database of Dynamic Trunk Motion during Repetitive Trunk Flexion and Extension as Function of Task Asymmetry, Age and Gender”. IEEE. 2(3), 137-146.
7. Marras, W., Lavender, S., Leurgans, S. Fathallah, F., Ferguson, S., Allread, W., Rajulu, S. (1995). “Biomechanical Risk Factors for Occupationally Related Low Back Disorders.” Ergonomics. 38(2), 377-410.
8. Marras, W., Parnianpour, M., Ferguson, S., Kim, J., Crowell, R., Bose, S., Simon S. (1995). “The Classification of Anatomic and Symptom Based Low Back Disorders Using Motion Measure Models”. Spine. 20(23), 2531-2546.
9. Ferguson, S., Marras, W. and Crowell, R. (1996) “Dynamic Low Back Functional Motion Capacity Evaluation”. J. Occ. Rehabilitation. 6(4), 203-214.
10. Ferguson, S. and Marras, W. (1997) “A literature review of low back disorder assessment measures and risk factors ”. Clinical Biomechanics. 12(4), 211-226.
11. Marras, W., Fine, L., Ferguson, S., Waters T. (1999) “The effectiveness of two types of common lifting measures for the control of low back disorders in industries” Ergonomics. 42(1), 229-245.
12. Marras, W., Ferguson, S., Gupta, P., Bose, J., Parnianpour, M., Kim, J., Crowell, R. (1999) The quantification of low back disorder using motion measures: methodology and validation. Spine. 24(20), 2091-2100.
13. Marras, W., Lewis, K., Ferguson, S., Parnianpour, M. (2000) Impairment magnification during dynamic trunk motion. Spine 25(5) 587-595.
14. Ferguson, S., Marras, W., Gupta, P. (2000) Longitudinal quantitative measure of the natural course of low back pain recovery. Spine 25(15) 1950-1956.
15. Ferguson, S., Gutpa, P., Marras, W., Heaney, C. (2001) Predicting recovery using continuous low back pain outcome measures. Spine J. 1 57-65.
16. Ferguson, S., Gaudes-MacLaren L., Marras W., Waters T., Davis K. (2002) Spinal loading when lifting from industrial storage bins. Ergonomics 6, 399-414.
17. Ferguson, S. Gallagher, S., Marras W. (2003) Validity and Reliability of Sincerity Test for Dynamic Trunk Motion. Disability and Rehabilitation. 25, 236-241.
18. Cherniack M., Dillon C., Erdil M., Ferguson S., Kaplan J., Krompinger J., Litt M., Murphy M. (2001) Clinical and psychological correlates of lumbar motion abnormalities in low back disorder. Spine J. 1, 290-298.
19. Kovacs, K., Marras W., Liktsky A. Gupta P., Ferguson S. (2001) Localized oxygen use in healthy and low back pain individuals during controlled trunk movements. Journal of Spinal Disorders. 14 (2), 150-158.
20. Marras, W., Ferguson, S., Burr D., Davis K and Gupta P. (2004) Spine loading in low back pain patients during asymmetric lifting exertions. Spine J. 4, 64-75
21. Ferguson, S., Marras W. (2004) Revised protocol for the Kinematic Assessment of Impairment. Spine J. 4, 163-169.
22. Ferguson, S., Marras W., Burr D. (2004) The Influence of Individual Low Back Health Status on Workplace Trunk Kinematics and Risk of Low Back Disorder. Ergonomics, 47 (11) 1226-1237.
23. Ferguson, S., Marras W., Burr D., Davis, K., 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.
24. Ferguson, S., Marras, W., Burr D. (2005) Workplace Design Guidelines for Asymptomatic vs. Low Back Injured Workers. Applied Ergonomics, 36, 85-95.
25. Marras, W., Ferguson, S., Burr, D., Davis, K., Gupta P. (2005) Functional impairment as a predictor of spine loading. Spine, 30 (7) 729-737.
26. Ferguson, S., Marras, W. Burr, D. (2005) Differences among Outcome Measures in Occupational Low Back Pain. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, (in press)