Publications
478
Citations
16,829
Est. group size
~11
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
48
Publishing since 1978
William S. Marras studies the biomechanics of the lower back, focusing on how workplace tasks like lifting, patient handling, and prolonged sitting or standing contribute to low back pain and musculoskeletal disorders. His work combines biomechanical measurement tools (such as wearable motion sensors and muscle activity recordings) with workplace ergonomics research to understand and reduce injury risk. This research is aimed at informing workplace design and clinical approaches to managing back pain.
Publication output has been fairly steady over the past decade, averaging roughly 8-9 papers per year with some year-to-year fluctuation and a recent dip in 2024.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Reliability of a Wearable Motion System for Clinical Evaluation of Dynamic Lumbar Spine Function
Advances in Complementary & Alternative Medicine · 2022
- Biomechanical Phenotyping of Chronic Low Back Pain: Protocol for BACPAC
Pain Medicine · 2022
- MANAGING LOW‐BACK DISORDER RISK IN THE WORKPLACE
2021
- BASIC BIOMECHANICS AND WORKPLACE DESIGN
2021
- Patient handling through moving of the beds and stretchers
International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics · 2021
- Psychosocial Factors and Low Back Pain Outcomes in a Pooled Analysis of Low Back Pain Studies
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine · 2020
- Survey of One-handed Lifting in Manufacturing Industry: A Cross-sectional Study of the BackWorks Study Cohort
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting · 2020
- Understanding Causal Pathways for Occupationally Related Low Back Disorders
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting · 2019
- National Occupational Research Agenda for Musculoskeletal Health
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting · 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 · 2019
- Distributions of Job Physical Exposure Data in a Pooled Study of Low Back Pain Prospective Cohorts
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting · 2018
- Research to Practice to Research
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting · 2016
- Evaluating the low back biomechanics of three different office workstations: Seated, standing, and perching
Applied Ergonomics · 2016
- Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting×12
- Clinical Biomechanics×10
- Applied Ergonomics×9
- Ergonomics×8
- Pain Medicine×4
- Jonathan S. Dufour
Medicine · The Ohio State University
- Gregory G. Knapik
Medicine · The Ohio State University
- Eric B. Weston
Medicine · The Ohio State University
- Carolyn M. Sommerich
Medicine · The Ohio State University
- Steven A. Lavender
Medicine · The Ohio State University
This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.
Last updated Jul 19, 2026.
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