Lora Cavuoto
PhD
Research Topics
Physical ergonomics; biomechanics of obesity; aging and human work capacity; occupational safety and health
Publications
- Ghesmaty Sangachin, M.*, Gustafson, W.*, & Cavuoto, L.A. (2016) Effect of active workstations on workload, task performance, and postural and physiological responses. IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, 4(1), 67-81.
- Lin, F., Xu, X., Wang, A., Cavuoto, L., & Xu, W. Towards unobtrusive patient handling activity recognition for reducing injury risk among caregivers. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Accepted April 2016.
- Pajoutan, M.*, Mehta, R.K., & Cavuoto, L.A. (2016) The effect of obesity on central activation failure during ankle fatigue: A pilot investigation. Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 4(2), 115-126.
- Allers, J.*, Hussein, A., Ahmad, N.*, Cavuoto, L.A., Wing, J.F., Hayes, R.M., Hinata, N., Bisantz, A., & Guru, K. (2016) Evaluation and impact of workflow interruptions during robot-assisted surgery. Urology, 92, 33-37.
- Cavuoto, L.A. & Maikala, R.V. (2016) Obesity and the role of short duration submaximal work on cardiovascular and cerebral hemodynamics. PLoS ONE, 11(4): e0153826. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153826.
- Ghesmaty Sangachin, M.* & Cavuoto, L.A. (2016) Obesity-related changes in prolonged repetitive lifting performance. Applied Ergonomics, 56, 19-26.
- Ahmad, N.*, Hussein, A., Cavuoto, L., Sharif, M., Allers, J.*, Ahmad, B., Kozlowski, J., Hashmi, Z., Hinata, N., Faller, J., Filadora, V., Bisantz, A., & Guru, K. (2016) Ambulatory movements, team dynamics and surgical flow during robot-assisted surgery. British Journal of Urology International, DOI: 10.1111/bju.13426.
- Tiferes, J., Hussein, A., Bisantz, A., Kozlowski,J., Ahmad, B., Sharif, M., Winder, N., Ahmad, N.*, Allers, J.*, Cavuoto, L., Guru, K. (2016) The loud surgeon behind the console: Understanding team activities during robot-assisted surgery. Journal of Surgical Education. 73(4), 504-512.
- Cavuoto, L.A. & Maikala, R.V. (2015) Role of obesity on cerebral hemodynamics and cardiorespiratory responses in healthy men during repetitive incremental lifting. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 115, 1905-1917.
- Mehta, R.K. & Cavuoto, L.A. (2015) The impacts of obesity, age, and relative workload levels on handgrip endurance. Applied Ergonomics, 46, 91-95.
- Sangachin, M.G.*, Samadi, M., & Cavuoto, L.A. (2014) Modeling the spread of an obesity intervention through a social network. Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 5, 293-312.
- Cavuoto, L.A. & Nussbaum, M.A. (2014) Influences of obesity on job demands and worker capacity. Current Obesity Reports, 3, 341-347.
- Mi, N., Cavuoto, L.A., Benson, K., Smith-Jackson, T., & Nussbaum, M.A. (2014) A heuristic checklist for an accessible smartphone interface design. Universal Access in the Information Society, 13, 351-365.
- Cavuoto, L.A. & Nussbaum, M.A. (2014) The influence of obesity and age on functional performance during intermittent upper extremity tasks. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 11, 583-590.
- Cavuoto, L.A. & Nussbaum, M.A. (2013) Differences in functional performance of the shoulder musculature with obesity and aging. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 43, 393-399.
- Cavuoto, L.A. & Nussbaum, M.A. (2013) Obesity-related differences in muscular capacity during sustained isometric exertions. Applied Ergonomics, 44, 254-260.
- Knighton, R.W., Huang, X.-R., & Cavuoto, L.A. (2008) Corneal birefringence mapped by scanning laser polarimetry. Optics Express, 16, 13738-13751.
- Huang, X.-R., Knighton, R.W., & Cavuoto, L. (2006) Microtubule contribution to the reflectance of the retinal nerve fiber layer. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 47, 5363-5367.