Peter Johansson
Researcher at Department of Medical Sciences; Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- E-mail:
- peter.johansson@medsci.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Dag Hammarskjölds väg 60
752 37 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Arbets- & miljömedicin, Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of Applied Ergonomics, p. 104699-104699, 2026
- DOI for Assessing forearm exertion in manual tasks with surface EMG: A comparative analysis of through-forearm vs. muscle-specific EMG placements
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Part of Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2025
- DOI for Device-Measured Sleep Characteristics, Daily Step Count, and Cardiometabolic Health Markers: Findings From the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep (ProPASS) Consortium
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A Feasibility Study of the "Motus" System for Wearable-Based Movement Behaviors at Scale
Part of Journal of Physical Activity and Health, p. 1244-1255, 2025
- DOI for A Feasibility Study of the "Motus" System for Wearable-Based Movement Behaviors at Scale
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, p. 526-536, 2025
- DOI for Development of a quantitative job exposure matrix for standing, walking, and forward bending among pregnant workers: The PRECISE JEM
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Part of BMC Psychiatry, 2025
- DOI for Validation of sleep-wake estimation from thigh-worn accelerometers against polysomnography in adolescents with and without mental disorders
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Applied Ergonomics, p. 104699-104699, 2026
- DOI for Assessing forearm exertion in manual tasks with surface EMG: A comparative analysis of through-forearm vs. muscle-specific EMG placements
- Download full text (pdf) of Assessing forearm exertion in manual tasks with surface EMG: A comparative analysis of through-forearm vs. muscle-specific EMG placements
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Part of Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 2025
- DOI for Device-Measured Sleep Characteristics, Daily Step Count, and Cardiometabolic Health Markers: Findings From the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep (ProPASS) Consortium
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A Feasibility Study of the "Motus" System for Wearable-Based Movement Behaviors at Scale
Part of Journal of Physical Activity and Health, p. 1244-1255, 2025
- DOI for A Feasibility Study of the "Motus" System for Wearable-Based Movement Behaviors at Scale
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, p. 526-536, 2025
- DOI for Development of a quantitative job exposure matrix for standing, walking, and forward bending among pregnant workers: The PRECISE JEM
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Part of BMC Psychiatry, 2025
- DOI for Validation of sleep-wake estimation from thigh-worn accelerometers against polysomnography in adolescents with and without mental disorders
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
- DOI for Associations between daily composition of 24 h physical behavior with affective states and working memory
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Comparing Physical Activity Metrics From Different Placements of Thigh-Worn Accelerometers
Part of Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, 2025
- DOI for Comparing Physical Activity Metrics From Different Placements of Thigh-Worn Accelerometers
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Part of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2025
- DOI for Associations between knee pain and knee-loading physical activities at work and leisure: a cross-sectional study based on accelerometer measurements
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Part of Circulation, p. 159-170, 2025
- DOI for Device-Measured 24-Hour Movement Behaviors and Blood Pressure: A 6-Part Compositional Individual Participant Data Analysis in the ProPASS Consortium
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Part of Journal of Sports Sciences, p. 1951-1958, 2024
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Part of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, p. 1297-1306, 2024
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Part of EBioMedicine, 2024
- DOI for Accelerometer-based physical activity is associated with the gut microbiota in 8416 individuals in SCAPIS
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Part of Journal of Physical Activity and Health, p. 1092-1099, 2024
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Part of Diabetologia, p. 1051-1065, 2024
- DOI for Relationship of device measured physical activity type and posture with cardiometabolic health markers: pooled dose-response associations from the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting and Sleep Consortium
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Part of International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2024
- DOI for Thigh-worn accelerometry: a comparative study of two no-code classification methods for identifying physical activity types
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Part of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, p. 5505, 2023
- DOI for Reliability and Validity of Six Selected Observational Methods for Risk Assessment of Hand Intensive and Repetitive Work
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Part of European Heart Journal, p. 458-471, 2023
- DOI for Device-measured physical activity and cardiometabolic health: the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep (ProPASS) consortium
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Moving Beyond the Characterization of Activity Intensity Bouts as Square Waves Signals
Part of Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, p. 162-167, 2023
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Part of BMJ Open, 2023
- DOI for Accelerometer derived physical activity and subclinical coronary and carotid atherosclerosis: cross-sectional analyses in 22 703 middle-aged men and women in the SCAPIS study
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2023
- DOI for Moderating effect of cardiorespiratory fitness on sickness absence in occupational groups with different physical workloads
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Part of Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, p. 352-361, 2023
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Part of International Journal of Obesity, p. 922-930, 2023
- DOI for Modifications of 24-h movement behaviors to prevent obesity in retirement: a natural experiment using compositional data analysis
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Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2023
- DOI for Development and performance of a sleep estimation algorithm using a single accelerometer placed on the thigh: an evaluation against polysomnography
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Part of JMIR Formative Research, 2023
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Part of JMIR Research Protocols, 2022
- DOI for The Surveillance of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep: Protocol for the Development and Feasibility Evaluation of a Novel Measurement System
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Part of Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, p. 129-131, 2022
- DOI for A Physical Behaviour Partnership From Heaven: The Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep Consortium and the International Society for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, p. 866-880, 2022
- DOI for Accelerometer derived physical activity patterns in 27.890 middle‐aged adults: The SCAPIS cohort study
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Part of Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour, p. 60-67, 2021
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Part of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
- DOI for Company Representatives' Experiences of Occupational Health Surveillance for Workers Exposed to Hand-Intensive Work: A Qualitative Study
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Part of Sensors, 2021
- DOI for Validity of a Non-Proprietary Algorithm for Identifying Lying Down Using Raw Data from Thigh-Worn Triaxial Accelerometers
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Part of BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2020
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Part of British Journal of Sports Medicine, p. 435-437, 2020
- DOI for Emerging collaborative research platforms for the next generation of physical activity, sleep and exercise medicine guidelines: the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep consortium (ProPASS)
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Part of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
- DOI for Study Protocol for a Qualitative Research Project Exploring an Occupational Health Surveillance Model for Workers Exposed to Hand-Intensive Work
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Part of Annals of Work Exposures and Health, p. 689-698, 2018
- DOI for Exposure to Upper Arm Elevation During Work Compared to Leisure Among 12 Different Occupations Measured with Triaxial Accelerometers.
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Part of Applied Ergonomics, p. 1-8, 2017
- DOI for Inter- and intra-observer reliability of risk assessment of repetitive work without an explicit method
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Part of Ergonomics, p. 829-839, 2016
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Differences in cashiers work technique regarding wrist movements when scanning groceries
Part of Work, p. 5436-5438, 2012
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Development of an instrument for assessing workstyle in checkout cashier work (BAsIK)
Part of Work, p. 663-668, 2012
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, p. 33-41, 2007
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, p. 33-41, 2007